Mbaka violated canon law by calling Peter Obi stingy man, says Enugu diocese
The Catholic diocese of Enugu has dissociated itself from recent comments made by Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN).
Mbaka, while addressing worshippers in a video trending online, described Peter Obi as a “stingy man”.
Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
“A stingy man cannot be our president, we are very hungry — we need a generous person, Nigerians are hungry, are we not hungry?” Mbaka had said.
In a statement issued on Thursday by Wilfred Chidi Agubuchie, the Enugu diocese said Mbaka’s comments are a “clear violation” of the provisions of the canon law “which forbids priests from engaging in partisan politics”.
“The Catholic Diocese of Enugu hereby condemns and dissociates herself from such unbecoming and divisive utterances from Fr. Mbaka,” the statement reads.
The diocese said Mbaka’s views on the matter are “entirely personal to him and do not represent the position of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu”.
“In an effort to keep him united to the Body of Christ, we enjoin him to refrain from making further provocative prophecies or utterances capable of heating up the polity,” the diocese said.
“We assure the people of God and the general public that the Catholic Diocese of Enugu is taking the due canonical process.
“Finally, we urge all the People of God to continue to pray for peaceful elections and to discharge their civic responsibilities by getting their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) and casting their votes in order to elect the right candidates.”
This Ejike Mbaka of a catholic priest is really embarrassing the Christendom with his utterances. Why is difficult for him to speak when killings are on the increase in the country? Recently, the Methodist prelate was kidnapped along side with the Methodist bishop of Owerri diocese and his chaplain Mbaka did not make any comment even the killings at Owo catholic church, no one heard his voice but he’s busy castigating a fellow catholic who is aspiring to be president. He`s a disgrace to the body of Christ. I wonder what people are to his adoration ground to do.