Popular Catholic Priest, Fr Mbaka, has said he is ready to support the pro-Biafran activism if one condition is met
Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka
The Founder and Spiritual Director of the Catholic Adoration Ministries of Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has disclosed that he would only support the ongoing pro-Biafra agitations in the South-East and parts of the South-South if those behind it come out to lead the struggle themselves.
Fr. Mbaka, who lambasted those still fueling the protests, warned that it was capable of scaring away investors from the region and can also snowball into a huge crisis of the scale associated with Boko Haram if not curtailed now.
According to The Sun, Fr. Mbaka made these assertions yesterday during the launch of Aqua Rapha Investments Limited’s new products, a company owned by him. He had earlier been taken to the cleaners by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, when he described the pro-Biafra protests as ‘evil’.
Reacting to the criticisms, Fr. Mbaka explains: “If this nation collapses, it is on us all. If things go well, it is for our own good. I want you to know that if there is any of you here that is oppressed, we are being oppressed too. What I am begging is that things should be done in the right way. Because, if we continue like this, all the visions the governors of Igboland have, vision for employment and economic diversification, will be frustrated.
“No investor can come into a city filled with crises. So, wherever you are, saying, ‘let them (the protesters) move on’, the only way I can support it is when you join them. So, please, I am begging all of us, let us join hands and develop our place, Igboland.”