{"id":96165,"date":"2022-06-20T18:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96165"},"modified":"2022-06-20T18:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:56:19","slug":"mbaka-protest-police-barricades-entrances-of-enugu-catholic-cathedral-residence-of-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/mbaka-protest-police-barricades-entrances-of-enugu-catholic-cathedral-residence-of-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbaka Protest: Police barricades entrances of Enugu Catholic cathedral, residence of Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police officers have taken over the entrances of Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu and the residence of Bishop Callistus Onaga at Independence Layout, Enugu over protest by supporters of Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protest followed the ban on Catholic faithful from worshipping at the Adoration Ministry of Mbaka in Enugu. State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt was gathered that the deployment of security operatives to the two premises was to avoid a repeat of last year\u2019s incidents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of the followers of Fr Mbaka last year stormed the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu and destroyed valuables worth millions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were protesting the sudden disappearance of their Spiritual Director, who was allegedly invited to the Cathedral by the operatives of the Department of State Services(DSS).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointblanknews.com reports that three patrol vans, fully loaded with police operatives, barricaded the two entrances to the street of the Bishop\u2019s home at Independence Layout, Enugu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAt the Old Market Road, Enugu where Holy Ghost Cathedral is situated, security operatives were stationed at various entrances to the church.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous source noted that the security operatives were at the venue to forestall any breakdown of law and order.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cDidn\u2019t you hear about these Church people and their wahala? That\u2019s why we\u2019re here to prevent any problem,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMembers of Mbaka\u2019s Adoration Ministry on Sunday trooped to the streets of Umuchigbo to protest the ban on the Adoration Ministry Enugu, headed by the priest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bishop of Enugu Catholic Diocese, Most. Rev. Callistus Onaga on Saturday banned all priests and Catholic faithful from attending Mbaka\u2019s Adoration Ministry, following the priest\u2019s scathing remarks on Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMbaka on Wednesday at his Adoration ground said Obi would never be the President because he is a stingy man, adding that the politician is cursed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Priest\u2019s remarks drew heavy criticisms from various quarters, prompting the under-fire priest to backtrack and apologise for maligning Obi and injuring his supporters.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officers have taken over the entrances of Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu and the residence of Bishop Callistus Onaga at Independence Layout, Enugu over protest by supporters of Rev Fr&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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