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Mbaka Accepts Fate, Stops Activities At Adoration Ground

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Ejike Mbaka Fr

By Charles Igbo

The embattled Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has accepted his fate.

He has stopped every activity of the Ministry at the Adoration Ground till further  notice.

Mbaka did this on the heels of the order by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, His Lordship, Calistus Onaga, who shut down the Ministry.

The Bishop shut it down after Mbaka embarked on an unprovoked hateful attack on Peter Obi, a former two-time Governor of Anambra State and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party on  Wednesday during his mid-week Service.

Mbaka had called Obi stingy, placed a curse on him that as far as God lives, he would never be President. He asked the Labour Party to remove Obi as its candidate, and asked that Obi should never be voted for.

Mbaka garrulous nature and such un-Priestly utterances caused an uproar, outrage and backlash against him. He was pummeled from all sides. The Enugu Catholic Diocese distanced itself from Mbaka.

Seeing that he had bitten more than he could chew, Mbaka issued a personally signed statement where he apologised to Obi and the millions of youths who are the foundation of Obi’s supporters, many of whom started an immediate exit from Mbaka’s Ministry. The apology did not save him.

On Friday, Bishop Onaga shut down the Adoration centre and ordered all Priests in the Diocese and every Catholic faithful not to step foot on the grounds of the Centre again.

On Saturday, Mbaka  AMEN, in a statement, asked all his adherents to keep off the Centre in obedience to the Bishop’s order. They were informed that there will be no activities at the  Ministry from June 19, 2022.

The statement reads:

“Dear Adorers,

“There will be no program starting from tomorrow being 19th June, 2022, at Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Amen, Umuchigbo, Emene, Enugu State.

“Sunday Mass, Wednesday (E No Dey) and Night Programs will not hold until Further Notice.

“God bless Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Amen, and God bless Our Spiritual Director, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.

“Keep praying for Our Daddy and may God Bless you all.”

Not a few people have described the use of “Our Daddy” as un-Catholic. They say it sounds more like what Pentecostal adherents would say.

This is the second time Mbaka would be sanctioned. The first time was when he was suspended for one month over his scandalous tango with President Muhammadu Buhari who he, suddenly, began to attack after supporting him since 2014.

In response to the attack, the Presidency, in a statement signed by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, revealed it was because Buhari refused to give Mbaka the Contracts he requested for without due process. Mbaka did not quite deny.

He said he took three foreigners to the President for a contract to improve the power situation in Nigeria. Not a few people were unimpressed and disappointed by his explanation.

Okowa: I Am Igbo; You Can’not Deny Me; I Represent The South-south And South-east

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By Adesina Soyooye

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has reinstated that he is Igbo, and cannot be denied or deprived of his Igbo identity.

Okowa, a Medical Doctor turned politician is the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He was chosen by Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, from a shortlist of three names. The other two were Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel.

Okowa spoke on Arise Television, Saturday, on the heels of critisms against his acceptance of the VP slot by the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum. The Forum had accused him of betrayal for accepting the slot when he was the one who hosted a meeting of Southern Governors where they agreed that the seat of the President rotates to the Southern part of the country from the Northern part of the country after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.

With Okowa’s choice for the VP slot, many also decried that the South-east has been removed from the Political calculation by both the PDP and the All Progressive Congress, APC, which Presidential candidate is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. His running mate would come from the North.

But Okowa says perish the thought that the Igbo were schemed out by the PDP. He says his candidacy represents both the South-south and the  South-east. Okowa explained that even though he is from Delta  in the South-south zone of Nigeria, he is from the Igbo speaking area of Delta, and cannot be denied of his Igbo root. For good measure, the Governor said he represents the old Eastern region.

Okowa: “For me, yes I’m from Delta State. I’m definitely an Igbo man. There’s no doubt about that. I’m from Delta State in the South-South, but if you’re looking at the Igbo across the country, I’m an Igbo man, I can’t be counted out and that is the true situation.”

On what informed his choice, he said:

“The issue of the Vice Presidency has not been on the debate. Where it will go to is actually premised on the fact that when the Presidential candidate emerges he looks for what possible zone and what person can work with me and what can be part of the team that can make us actually succeed in governing the people aright. I think that is what informed the decision.

Emphasising how his emergence has killed two birds with one stone, Okowa said:

“I am just a lucky person. Being from the South-South I am also an Igbo man and to that extent, I fit into all the divides, because my brothers from the South-east, I’m part of them. I am also part of the South-South, but that does not stop the agitation for the future as it stands for the Igbo for the presidency of this country.”

He said Atiku’s emergence is good for the South-east, as it would give more weight to the demand of a President of South-east extraction in future.

Okowa: “There are two geo-political zones that feel shortchanged. The North-East (where Atiku is from) and the South-east geo-political zone, because none of them, no son from these zones have actually been President of this Nation. They obviously have a point and I believe that we sympathize with them.

“And I believe also that since one of us has emerged from the North-East at this point in time, it’s a good sign for the future, that if the North East has the opportunity and by God’s grace Atiku becomes the President, then it’s a good sign that the South-East will have the opportunity.

“Because the next point in time what we will be talking about is that the South-East itself is the only zone that is left and they will lay claim to it.”

On the allegation of betrayal, Okowa said it does not arise because Party is supreme. Since the Presidential candidate came from the North, he said, it means the VP candidate will come from the South. Otherwise, he argued, a crisis would arise. “The unity and progress of the country is more important than anything else”, he said.

APC Oyebanji Wins Ekiti Governorship Poll

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Biodun Oyebanji

By Ayodele Oni

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Biodun Oyebanji, winner of the Saturday’s governorship election held in Ekiti State.

INEC Returning Officer,  Prof Kayode Adebowale who announced the results in Ado, early Sunday morning said Mr Biodun Oyebanji, having scored the highest number of votes and won more than two-third of the election in 16 Local Government, is hereby declared winner.

Oyebanji won 15 of the 16 Local Governments results declared by INEC, while People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) candidate, Mr Bisi Kolawole won Efon Local government.

The APC governorship candidate polled one hundred and eighty seven, fifty seven votes to lead Chief Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) who posted a distant eighty two thousand, Two hundred and twenty two votes to emerge second.

Bisi Kolawole of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) scored sixty seven thousand, four hundred and fifty seven votes to emerge third.

Ekiti Election Results

Mr President, Let The Spirit Of 2014 Reign – Tinubu

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu

By Bola Tinubu

Dear Mr President,

DEEP APPRECIATION

I bring you sincere fraternal greetings and congratulations on the successful conclusion of the special Presidential Convention of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

On behalf of my wife, Oluremi, and my entire family, I want to express my sincere gratitude for the very special and personal congratulatory letter you sent to me. I am deeply honored. Your words in that letter were reassuring, reenergizing, and reinvigorating.

Your Excellency, one must admire the sense of purpose, composure, and maturity you demonstrated in the weeks and months preceding the primary elections of our great party. As aspirants and party leaders, we all pleaded with you to “choose” your successor.

Naturally, this is expected especially in African democracy. Up until the 6th of June, 2022, the day of the APC Presidential primaries, the whole of Nigeria, including myself, was waiting for you to announce your preferred candidate. All of us thought and believed this was a very simple matter.

However, it was only as the primary went into the night and as the candidates walked up to the podium and spoke that I fully and truly appreciated your position and stance to be neutral and non-aligned to any of us. As the first person to speak, I also had the special vantage point to carefully hear, without any distraction, what the other candidates had to say.

 

As the hours rolled by that evening, it became clear to me that all of us were your preferred candidates. As you captured it aptly in your letter to me, the “spirit” of 2013 and 2014 when we created and built APC was there for all to see.

In your letter and in our many meetings over the years, you fondly reminisced on fraternal attitude in the days and months before and after formation of the APC, when we all worked day and night to create, sustain and nurture our nascent movements into a credible opposition party and ultimately, become the ruling party. That time, no one spoke about tribe; no one spoke about religion. That was not what drove us. We were driven by a common desire to save and transform Nigeria.

One by one, I saw my colleagues and partners stand on the podium, full of the same passion and patriotic zeal they had in 2013/2014, presenting their ideas on how to build on your successful legacy. Back then, as it is now, we were from all parts of the country, all tribes, and all religions. We all had deep personal and strong bonds with you. We were together back then and our bonds remained strong up till now.

Mr. President, as the night of 6 June turned to morning of 7 June, I fully understood and appreciated your stance. “You belonged to everybody in the party and you belonged to none of the individual candidates of the party.” A true leader, brother and friend.

Mr. President, the delegates from all over the country nominated my humble self to be their candidate. I must acknowledge that my nomination would not have become a reality without your support and that of the party leaders across the country. Indeed, as I reflect on my political journey, most of the 2022 APC presidential aspirants, members of the Progressive Governors Forum and National Assembly leaders and members all had a role to play in my successes and achievements thus far.

I will forever be grateful to them for shaping my political journey over the decades. I want to assure you that I will continue to work with them going forward. My emergence as a candidate is also a victory for them.

I have met most of them in the past few days and will continue these engagements as we plan for the general elections. Mr. President, APC is united and will remain united as we move towards the general elections.

I have taken note of the message you sent to all Presidential Candidates in your Democracy Day speech to the nation on the 12th June, 2022. Our country is going through a very sensitive period and no one should put their personal desires above and beyond the nation’s peace and prosperity. As you said, the “message we set at the top will be replicated in our followers.” At this point, I will take this opportunity to assure Your Excellency of my commitment to running an issue focused campaign as we move into the general elections. I will personally engage the candidates from other political parties to urge them to do same. Voters should elect us based on our policies, programmes, and projects. By the grace of God, we as candidates will avoid having divisive, destructive and disruptive campaigns.

I will conclude by once again thanking you for being there for all of us. By the grace of God and with your leadership, guidance and support, I am confident that we will lead our great party, the APC, to victory in the February 2023 general elections. We will ride on the back of your successes. We will build on the foundations of transparency and integrity which you have laid.

Mr President, together, side by side, in the spirit of 2014, we will win and Nigeria will move forward to a progressive, peaceful and prosperous future.

Asiwaju Tinubu the APC Presidential Candidate sent this letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

Mbaka: Bishop Onaga Closes Down Adoration Ministry; Bars Priests, Catholic Faithful From Ministry

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Ejike Mbaka Fr

By Uche Mbah

The embattled  Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, got his beloved Adoration Center, Enugu, closed by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu, His Lordship, Calistus Onaga.

Mbaka recently fell into disrepute when he declared that the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, can never rule Nigeria because he is stingy.

Obi is a Knight in the Catholic Church, his elder brother a Priest and his younger sister a Reverend Sister. He has held several personal audience with the Pope in the past.

The uproar generated by such pronouncement against Obi resulted in the Catholic Enugu Diocese dissociating itself from his position. A number of his Priest-Colleagues, thousands of Nigerian Youths, other Nigerians including, Iyom Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu took him on.

Mbaka,as part of damage control, did a mea culpa-apologizing to the former governor of Anambra State calling him “my friend and brother. He also apologized to the youths.

But the leadership of Enugu Diocese Saturday closed down his Ministry. They have had enough of him and his controversies and scandalous incidents.

In a release personally signed by the Bishop, titled” Pastoral injunction on attendance to Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy, Enugu”, the Bishop said his decision is based on the fact that Mbaka’s teachings are at variance with the teachings of the Catholic Church.

The release reads in part:

“In the light of the happening in the Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy, Enugu, capable of undermining the Catholic faith and teachings; and after several fraternal corrections and admonitions to Father Camilus Ejike Mbaka, the Chaplain of the Ministry, and after having given him pastoral directives and guidelines for the Ministry Chaplaincy which he persistently violated, and in fulfilment of my Pastoral duties as the Chief Shepherd with the obligation to promote and safeguard the Catholic faith and Enugu Diocese, I HEREBY PROHIBIT ALL CATHOLICS (CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAY FAITHFUL) HENCEFORTH FROM ATTENDING ALL RELIGIONS AND LITURGICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CATHOLIC ADORATION MINISTRY UNTIL THE DUE CANONICAL PROCESS INITIATED BY THE DIOCESE IS CONCLUDED.

“My decision is based on the fact that some of the teachings and utterances of Fr. Camilus Ejike Mbaka at the Catholic Adoration Ministry are not consistent with the teachings and Faith of the Catholic church.

” I enjoin all the Christian faithful to keep praying for Father Mbaka and the Catholic Diocese of Enugu as I entrust him and the Diocese to the maternal care and the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Apostles. ”

This is the second time the Diocese would deal with Mbaka over Obi. In 2019, he was suspended for one month.

Ekiti Gov Election: Turn Out Impressive, Despite Morning Showers

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Ekiti Election 2022

By Ayodele Oni

Governorship election in Ekiti state is ongoing as voters trooped out early in the morning, despite the rain showers.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) kept to its promise of early arrival of materials and officials.

Despite presence of heavy security personnel, the people trooped out to vote for the candidate of their choice, unmolested.

By 1.00pm, voting has been concluded in several units, leaving officials to be idle.

Reports from the 177 wards in the state indicate that the exercise is being conducted in a peaceful atmosphere as no ugly incident has been recorded.

The curfew announced by the state police command covers 6.00am to 6.00pm to ensure peaceful conduct.

Sixteen political parties field candidates for the election, which is expected to produce the sixth Governor of the state.

Governor elect is expected to be inaugurated in October 16, when the tenure of incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi will terminate.

Osun: CASUOSTI Urges Oyetola To Pay 30 Months Half Salary Arrears Owed By Previous Administration

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Akinwale Kasali
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Adegboyega Oyetola

By Akinwale Kasali

Governor Gboyega Oyelola’s led Administration in Osun State has been lauded by the Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun State owned Teritairy Institutions, CASUOSTI.

The Group applauded the Governor  for addressing challenges facing tertiary Institutions in the State since his tenure.

The Chairman, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) Ila Orangun Chapter and  the State Secretary Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun State Owned Teritairy Institutions (CASUOSTI), Comrade Bidemi Adeboye, made this disclosure while fielding questions from investigation team of Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) currently on Governance Assessment in the state.

According to him, the staff in Teritairy Institutions have witnessed positive turn around under the leadership of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The Governor has resolved almost all the outstanding issues bedevilling Osun State owned Teritairy institutions comprising Osun State Polytechnic, Iree; Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke as well as the Colleges of Education in Ilesa and Ila Orangun.

He noted that the current administration commenced full implementation of Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Structure (CONPCASS) in the four higher institutions and cash backed promotion arrears from 2019 to 202022.

His words: “Osun State Owned Teritairy Institutions have not had it good like what we are experiencing under Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The present administration inherited mountain of challenges from previous administration ranging from payment of half salary, outstanding earned allowances,

Staff unjustly disengaged, Non cash backing on promotion, embargo on promotion and Injurious implementation of Contributory Pension scheme.

“So far so good, His Excellency Governor Gboyega Oyetola has been addressing the issues one after the other. He has resolved the issues and to God be the glory as at May-during the Worker’s Day celebration, almost all the pending issues have been resolved. The Governor has commenced 100 percent implemented CONPCASS in our May Salary and cash backed promotion. Promotion of 2021 to 2022 is ongoing while letter for 2019 and 2020 have been issued to the beneficiaries.”

Comrade Adeboye revealed the Teritairy Institutions in Osun State have not embarked on strike since  Governor Gboyega Oyetola.

“With sense of gratitude, I want to say that Osun State owned Teritairy Institutions have not embarked on strike in the last three and half years. Not that we don’t have pending issues but Governor Gboyega Oyetola is a proactive administrator. Once you have a Governor that is a listening type who is engaging the employees and getting issues resolved, you will be assured that other pending issues will be resolved”.

However, the  Council appealed to the Governor to pay 30 months half salaries owed by the previous administration and arrears of last batch of the reinstated staff in the Teritairy Institutions.

“We appeal to the Osun State Government to please look into the 30 month half salaries owed by the previous administration, as this has been on the front burner with the Association waiting anxiously for the Governor to look into the issue in earnest”.

Uzodimma to Obaigbena: We Share In Your Loss

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Hope Uzodimma

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has commiserated with the Chairman of THISDAY/Arise Group, Prince Nduka Obaiegbena on the death of his lovely mother, Princess Margaret Obaiegbena (Nee Usifoh).

Princess Margaret Obaiegbena died at the age of 88 and the Royal family of Owa Kingdom in Delta State had confirmed her passing.

A statement by Oguwike Nwachuku,  Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to Governor Uzodinma said the Governor, government and people of Imo State share in Prince Nduka Obaiegbena’s loss, particularly at a time like this when her mother’s wise counsel was needed most in the country.

Governor Uzodimma said that Princess Margaret Obaiegbena’s contribution to her community,  state and country,  using her nursing profession, is something that ought to be emulated, noting that it was by dint of hard work, discipline and her believe in God that Mama was able to get to the pinnacle of her profession and even surpassed it.

The Governor said it was, therefore, not surprising that  three Governors found Princess Margaret Obaiegbena worthy of Service as Special Adviser, a position he said she merited based on her outstanding career in the nursing profession.

Governor Uzodimma further urged the Obaiegbenas to take solace in the fact that their matriarch left a legacy of an astute community leader, devout Christian mother, dependable politician and committed family woman of which many people will bear witness.

The Imo State governor maintained that there is no other mirror to assess Princess Margaret Obaiegbena’s contribution to the wellbeing of the society other than her surviving six children, many grand and great grand children, all of who are making positive impact in the society, nationally and globally in their chosen careers,  vocation and callings.

He therefore consoled all those Princess Margaret Obaiegbena has left behind to mourn her passing, particularly the Royal Family of Owa Kingdom, the Government and people of Delta State and prayed God to grant them the fortitude and grace to bear the loss.

Nduka Obaigbena Loses Mum; Governor Sanwo Olu Commiserates With Him

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Princess Margaret Obaigbena

By Akinwale Kasali

Chairman and Publisher, Thisday Newspaper and Arise Television Owner, Nduka Obaigbena, has lost his Mother, Princess Margaret Obaigbena (Nee Usifoh), to the cold hands of death.

His  mother was 88 Years of Age before her passage after a brief illness.  She was married into the Royal family of Owa Kingdom, Delta State.

Princess Margaret was a former Nursing officer in the former Bendel State Government, which later became Delta State Government.

Princess Obaigbena who is survived by five children including the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Thisday/Arise Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, died just before midnight at a London hospital.

As a young woman, she studied nursing and rose to become the Chief Nursing Officer of the defunct Bendel State Goverment and later transferred her services to Delta State Government.

She also served as a Special Adviser to three Delta State Governors.

Her funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo Olu has commiserated with the Chairman of Arise TV Group over the demise of the Mother.

Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, urged the deceased’s family, friends, associates and the entire people of Owa Kingdom and Delta State to immortalise the good name and legacy of the deceased.

He said the death of the matriarch of the Obaigbena family was a loss not just to her children and family but to the people of Owa Kingdom, Delta State and the society at large because of her positive impact in the lives of many people during her lifetime.

“On behalf of my family, the Government and the people of Lagos State, I commiserate with the Chairman of the ThisDay Newspapers and Arise TV Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena on the demise of his beloved mother, Princess Margaret Obaigbena.

“No doubt the death of a loved one is usually painful as it is irreparable but we must always take solace in God especially for a good life spent by the deceased persons. We should be consoled by the fact that the late Princess Obaigbena lived an exemplary life and did her best for humanity both in private and public service.

“She impacted many lives positively as a Nursing Officer in the old Bendel State Government and also served the state passionately in different capacities as Special Adviser to three different governors in Delta State. She lived a life of great accomplishments and left indelible footprints in her family, Owa Kingdom and Delta State.

“The elderly and wise counsel of Princess Obaigbena will be sorely missed not only by her children and family but the entire people of the Owa Kingdom and Delta State at large.

“I pray that God will grant the late Princess Margaret Obaigbena eternal rest and grant the family and associates the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,” Governor Sanwo-Olu prayed.

Again, Garrulous Fr Mbaka Eats The Humble Pie, Apologises To Peter Obi, Blesses Him

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Ejike Mbaka Fr

By Uche Mbah

Pummelled from all sides, losing credibility every second, denied by the Catholic Church, ridiculed by  his colleagues, being abandoned in hundreds by youths who make up his congregation, the garrulous Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has eaten the humble pie.

He has gone back to his vomit, back-tracted, and apologised, in writing, to Peter Obi, a former two-time Governor of Anambra State, and the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential election.

Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, had, on Wednesday, launched an unprovoked bitter and hateful attack against Obi while he was addressing his congregation.

He called Obi stingy. He cursed him. He said Obi would never be President unless there is no God, among many other tirades.

It back fired on him, as thousands of people literally ate him raw and asked what kind of Priest he is. They called him a blackmailer, and accused him of wanting to fleece Obi of money. The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu issued a disclaimer on him, and hinted he could be sanctioned. The widow of  Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Iyom Bianca, in a post where she spoke of her experience with Obi, politely told Mbaka off. From Obi, as usual, there was no reaction.

On Friday, June 17, Mbaka realised he has hit rock-bottom. He knew he needed to apologise. And, shamelessly, he did.

He not only apologised to Obi, he also apologised to the thousands of youths who adore Obi

In a statement signed personally by him to mark  the burial of those killed during the terrorist attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, Mbaka said he was praying for good governance and good leadership in Nigeria, and that it was not his intention to malign Peter Obi, but “to pray for him”.

The statement reads:

“I am grateful to God for His unquantifiable and favourable blessings, miracles, love and life for the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria. I assure the people of God and Nigerians that I am praying for Good Governance and Good Leadership in this country and that God will give us leaders after His own Heart.

“As it stands right now, it is obvious that Nigeria is passing through an indescribable insecurity, inestimable unemployment, massive corruption, heinous crimes and unbearable suffering engendered by bad leadership. I bear with my fellow country men and women in whatever we are passing through in this trying time. I call on the adorers and the entire people of God to join hands in praying that God will deliver us from the plans of the devil and it’s wicked agents.

“I am a servant of God and my intention is not to malign His Excellency, Peter Obi’s image, but to pray for him. May God’s will be done in his life. I pray to God whom I serve to give our beloved people good and excellent leaders who will take care of them and lead them to the promised land. Anyone who God wishes to make our Leader is my choice.

“In this vein, I give my blessings to the supporters of His Excellency Peter Obi.

“In any way they feel offended by my utterances or, however, I was misunderstood by them, I ask for their understanding and forgiveness.

“As a servant of the Most High God, I pray that it shall be well with my people. I am an ardent supporter of Good Governance, Justice, Equity, Love and Godliness.

“At this time, our people are passing through the valleys of shadows of death (Ps23.4), I pray for peace, love and anything that will bring blessings and favour to our people and to our suffering teaming youths. I will always stand with you in all your ordeals. God will take care of you and bless you miraculously for me.

“My intention is not to fight or malign Mr.Peter Obi. He is my friend and I remind my friend and brother I love him and I wish him Success. May God bless him and his good supporters. God’s will be done in his political endeavours (Mk.14:36).

“The followers of Peter Obi are the same youths I am praying for, sacrificing for, fighting for,  speaking for and working for their integral well being. What the youths are passing through and their conditions give me sleepless nights.

“It is for this reason that I yearn for good governance and worthy leaders that will take care of them. We are passing through indescribable ,unbearable and undeserved hardship in this country.

“I pray for Divine intervention.

I am not in any political party but I support good people and good governance. Any good person that God can give us is my choice candidate. I am a servant of God; For the sake of peace, I ask for forgiveness  in any way I am misunderstood. And to Peter Obi himself, I ask God to bless him and manifest his will in his life. When God says Yes, who can say No? And when God says No, who can say Yes? I bless Peter Obi and pray for him. I bless my dear fellow Adorers and pray for them. I bless the people of God everywhere and I pray that it shall be well with you all.

“For the sake of those who were gruesomely killed on Pentecost Sunday at St St. Francis Xavier parish Owo, Ondo State who are being buried today, there will be no all-night Adoration program today,17th June 2022. We join the entire Catholic Church to mourn their demise. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in Perfect Peace. Amen.

“Meanwhile, all adorers are asked to convene on Sunday 19th June 2022 for our usual 10 am Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Fellowship. Thank you and God bless you”.

This is the second time Mbaka will be apologising to Obi. In 2019, he had humiliated Obi, then a Vice Presidential Candidate under the PDP, in his Church because Obi refused to fall for his antics, pressurising Obi to donate money to his Ministry.

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