• Parents commend roles played by Obasanjo, Gumi
• Bandits return to Kaduna, raze church, kill two, abduct many
• PDP flays FG’s ‘surrender’ to terrorists, bandits
• Catholics run amok over Mbaka’s alleged disappearance, attack Bishop’s residence
Respite came for 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, as they gained their freedom yesterday after 56 days in captivity. The students were released in Kindanda village, Giwa local government area of the state.
The release was reportedly facilitated by the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi dialogue committee with support from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The students were among the 39 abducted two months ago. After payment of ransom by parents and the school management, the bandits had last month released 10 of the victims while two others escaped from captivity.
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Following the sudden disappearance of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, protesting youths, in their hundreds, on Wednesday vandalized the official residence of the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Callistus Onaga.
Mbaka is the founder and director of the popular Adoration Ministries, Enugu and Parish Priest, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Emene.
The irate youths suspected to be members of the Adoration Ministry stormed the residence of the Bishop located at Igboeze Street, Independence Layout
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, one of the protesters said they wanted the Bishop to clarify the whereabouts of Mbaka who had not been seen since Tuesday.
….. Calls For Atonement, Reparation
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop Calistus Onaga of Catholic Diocese of Enugu has reacted to Wednesday’s invasion of the Bishop’s Court and the Holy Ghost Cathedral Church by the followers of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.
Enugu city was on Wednesday thrown into pandemonium as followers of fiery Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, took to the streets after they declared him missing.
They marched from the Adoration ground in Emene, Enugu, to the Bishop’s Court at Igboeze Street, Independence Layout Enugu where they damaged some facilities.
After wrecking havoc at the Bishop’s residence, the protesters also stormed the Holy Ghost Cathedral where several church facilities were vandalized.
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The Catholic Diocese of Enugu, under the leader of Callistus V. Onaga, has scheduled May 7 to May 21, 2021, as a prayer week for ‘atonement and reparation’.
This development is coming 24 hours after angry youths, said to members of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), stormed the residence of the Enugu Catholic Bishop, protesting the whereabouts of Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the spiritual leader of AMEN.
Mbaka’s followers had declared him missing on Wednesday, triggering a protest on the streets of Enugu.
They marched from the Adoration ground in Emene, Enugu, to the Bishop’s Court at Igboeze Street, Independence Layout Enugu where they destroyed some parts of the building. They also destroyed church facilities at the Holy Ghost Cathedral.
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has reacted to the invasion of the Bishop’s Court and the Holy Ghost Cathedral Church by the followers of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.
DAILY POST recalls that there was tension in Enugu on Wednesday as Mbaka’s followers poured into the streets after they declared him missing.
They marched from the Adoration ground in Emene, Enugu, to the Bishop’s Court at Igboeze Street, Independence Layout Enugu where they destroyed some parts of the building.
The protesters did not stop at that, as they also headed for the Holy Ghost Cathedral where several church facilities were vandalized.