{"id":80380,"date":"2021-05-05T18:45:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80380"},"modified":"2021-05-05T18:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:45:44","slug":"protest-rocks-enugu-over-whereabout-of-father-mbaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/protest-rocks-enugu-over-whereabout-of-father-mbaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest Rocks Enugu Over whereabout of Father Mbaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8230;He is not with us &#8211; DSS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Department of State Services says the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. 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