Culled from Thisday
The Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director, Adoration
Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has descended heavily on
the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, for allegedly issuing N50
million ‘dud’ cheque to Owerri Catholic Archdiocese “even after voting
massively for him in the 2011 governorship election.” He recalled that the catholic community controls about 60
per cent of the voting population in the state which reasonably favoured
Okorocha who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) to clinch the governorship seat.
Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has descended heavily on
the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, for allegedly issuing N50
million ‘dud’ cheque to Owerri Catholic Archdiocese “even after voting
massively for him in the 2011 governorship election.” He recalled that the catholic community controls about 60
per cent of the voting population in the state which reasonably favoured
Okorocha who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) to clinch the governorship seat.
“Could you imagine that our cathedral in Owerri is almost
collapsing and what this man (Rochas) could do was to give the church a N50
million bounced cheque? As I am speaking now, Rochas is dealing with the
people. In fact, that man is not a blessing to Ndi Imo and I wonder the kingdom
where he came from,” he said.
collapsing and what this man (Rochas) could do was to give the church a N50
million bounced cheque? As I am speaking now, Rochas is dealing with the
people. In fact, that man is not a blessing to Ndi Imo and I wonder the kingdom
where he came from,” he said.
Btw, are priests now politicians? Lol… if you care to know what I mean read the full article after the cut. Oga ju.
The Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director, Adoration
Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has descended heavily on
the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, for allegedly issuing N50
million ‘dud’ cheque to Owerri Catholic Archdiocese “even after voting
massively for him in the 2011 governorship election.”
Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has descended heavily on
the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, for allegedly issuing N50
million ‘dud’ cheque to Owerri Catholic Archdiocese “even after voting
massively for him in the 2011 governorship election.”
He recalled that the catholic community controls about 60
per cent of the voting population in the state which reasonably favoured
Okorocha who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) to clinch the governorship seat following the widely propagated
allegation that the immediate past governor, Ikedi Ohakim, who was also seeking
a re-election assaulted one of their priests in the build up to the 2011
elections.
per cent of the voting population in the state which reasonably favoured
Okorocha who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) to clinch the governorship seat following the widely propagated
allegation that the immediate past governor, Ikedi Ohakim, who was also seeking
a re-election assaulted one of their priests in the build up to the 2011
elections.
Mbaka, who made this shocking revelation at his Christ the
King adoration ground, Enugu, which also has Ohakim and his supporters in
attendance, described the rescue mission of the
governor as a disappointment to God and humanity, having betrayed the
confidence and trust reposed in him by the Imo State electorate.
King adoration ground, Enugu, which also has Ohakim and his supporters in
attendance, described the rescue mission of the
governor as a disappointment to God and humanity, having betrayed the
confidence and trust reposed in him by the Imo State electorate.
While regretting what he described as an orchestrated
blackmail and hi-tech propaganda that scuttled the re- election bid of Ohakim,
the cleric attributed the development to selfishness and insensitivity on the
part of his former aides whom he also accused of jeopardising his investigation
ahead of the elections by not granting him access to interact and possibly
establish the veracity of the damaging allegation that pitched him against the
entire catholic community.
blackmail and hi-tech propaganda that scuttled the re- election bid of Ohakim,
the cleric attributed the development to selfishness and insensitivity on the
part of his former aides whom he also accused of jeopardising his investigation
ahead of the elections by not granting him access to interact and possibly
establish the veracity of the damaging allegation that pitched him against the
entire catholic community.
“It is regrettable that at last, the truth has
manifested though not at the right time. Ohakim didn’t beat any priest. It was
an orchestrated falsehood and blackmail which unfortunately were aimed at
scuttling his re-election bid.
manifested though not at the right time. Ohakim didn’t beat any priest. It was
an orchestrated falsehood and blackmail which unfortunately were aimed at
scuttling his re-election bid.
“When we wanted to reach the governor so as to get his own
version, those who worked with him made it impossible. We waited patiently for
him but he never showed up. It was then we composed our music ‘Onye ahu kuru
father Ihe, ogaghi achi anyi ozo’ meaning the person who beat our priest will
not rule us again’, which made Catholics in the state to deny him their votes.
version, those who worked with him made it impossible. We waited patiently for
him but he never showed up. It was then we composed our music ‘Onye ahu kuru
father Ihe, ogaghi achi anyi ozo’ meaning the person who beat our priest will
not rule us again’, which made Catholics in the state to deny him their votes.
“However, it is good to tell the truth even if it is coming
late. Let the truth be told today though not necessarily to prepare him for
another governorship project but for the whole world to know that he never did
anything like that. Even if Ohakim dies tomorrow, the world will now know that
he didn’t beat any priest.
late. Let the truth be told today though not necessarily to prepare him for
another governorship project but for the whole world to know that he never did
anything like that. Even if Ohakim dies tomorrow, the world will now know that
he didn’t beat any priest.
“I am saying this because after listening to Ohakim’s
version and that of the priest involved in the controversy and discovered that
the allegation was false, it then behooved on me as a servant of God to make my
findings public and declare the former governor innocent,” Mbaka exploded.
version and that of the priest involved in the controversy and discovered that
the allegation was false, it then behooved on me as a servant of God to make my
findings public and declare the former governor innocent,” Mbaka exploded.
Speaking further on the Okorocha administration, the
clergyman regretted that after benefitting from the falsehood and blackmail
that ousted the former governor from office, the rescue mission governor has,
to the chagrin of everybody, decided to reward the Catholic Archdiocese of
Owerri and the people with N50 million dud cheque and bad governance.
clergyman regretted that after benefitting from the falsehood and blackmail
that ousted the former governor from office, the rescue mission governor has,
to the chagrin of everybody, decided to reward the Catholic Archdiocese of
Owerri and the people with N50 million dud cheque and bad governance.
“After the blackmail and falsehood that Ohakim
assaulted a Catholic priest, the man who benefitted from the whole thing is now
dealing with the people as well as destroying the state. Even our Archbishop in
Owerri is now crying.
assaulted a Catholic priest, the man who benefitted from the whole thing is now
dealing with the people as well as destroying the state. Even our Archbishop in
Owerri is now crying.
“Could you imagine that our cathedral in Owerri is almost
collapsing and what this man (Rochas) could do was to give the church a N50
million bounced cheque? As I am speaking now, Rochas is dealing with the
people. In fact, that man is not a blessing to Ndi Imo and I wonder the kingdom
where he came from,” he said.
collapsing and what this man (Rochas) could do was to give the church a N50
million bounced cheque? As I am speaking now, Rochas is dealing with the
people. In fact, that man is not a blessing to Ndi Imo and I wonder the kingdom
where he came from,” he said.
Reacting to the allegation, Okorocha’s Senior Special
Assistant on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, said he would make available the serial
numbers of the cheques and what they stood for by today.
Assistant on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, said he would make available the serial
numbers of the cheques and what they stood for by today.
He said: “My brother, don’t disturb yourself, I will make
the serial numbers of those cheques to you by tomorrow (today). And you will
know the type of priest Fr. Mbaka is made of.
the serial numbers of those cheques to you by tomorrow (today). And you will
know the type of priest Fr. Mbaka is made of.
“Even Archbishop Obinna (Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri
Ecclesiastical Province) who received the cheques can testify about it.
Ecclesiastical Province) who received the cheques can testify about it.
matter but I have declined to speak until I make those cheque numbers available
to you tomorrow,” he concluded.
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