Enugu Catholic Diocese Disowns Father Mbaka, Violate Church Laws
The Diocese depicted the reprimand of Fr Mbaka against Obi as unsuitable and troublesome
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has denounced and separated the ward from the incendiary political expressions of the Director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka against Peter Obi, official applicant of the Labor Party in the 2023 general races.
The Diocese depicted the castigation of Fr Mbaka against Obi as unsuitable and troublesome, which it said penetrated ordinance 220 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law which disallows anybody from misguidedly hurting the great name of a person.The proclamation named: “disclaimer; Re: In Inflammatory Political Utterances By Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka,” was endorsed by Very Rev. Fr. Wilfred Chidi Agubuchie, Chancellor/Secretary; Very Rev. Fr. Geoffrey Aguigwo, Vicar General and Most Rev. Ernest Anezichukwu Obodo, Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu Diocese.
The Church, be that as it may, cautioned Fr Mbaka to avoid making further provocative predictions or expressions fit for warming the commonwealth. It encouraged the Catholic dedicated to petition God for harmony during the decisions and release their community obligations by getting their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), and projecting their votes to choose the right competitors.
The explanation which was addressed to every one individuals of God and the overall population, peruses, “The consideration of the Diocesan Bishop, Most Rev. Callistus V.C. Onaga, and the Catholic
Bishopric of Enugu has been attracted to the provocative political expressions by Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, the Director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy Enugu, on Wednesday, 15 June 2022 during his Wednesday Adoration Program.
“Fr. Mbaka during his proclaiming went after the great standing of Mr. Peter Obi, the Labor Party Presidential Candidate, portraying him as “a miserly man” and as “a joker”, as opposed to ordinance 220 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law which denies anybody from misguidedly hurting the great name of an individual.
“He additionally ridiculed the Labor Party and promised that Mr. Obi couldn’t be the leader of Nigeria.
“This is an unmistakable infringement of the arrangements of ordinance 287 $2 which restricts ministers from participating in hardliner politics.”The Catholic Diocese of Enugu thus denounces and separates herself from such improper and troublesome expressions from Fr. Mbaka.
“We tell the overall population that Fr. Mbaka’s perspectives regarding this situation are completely private to him and don’t address the place of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu.
“With an end goal to keep him joined to the Body of Christ, we urge him to cease from making further provocative predictions or expressions fit for warming up the commonwealth. We guarantee individuals of God and the overall population that the Catholic Diocese of Enugu is taking the due standard interaction.
“At long last, we encourage every one of the People of God to keep on petitioning God for serene races and to release their metro obligations by getting their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) and projecting their votes to choose the right up-and-comers.
“May Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria, intervene for us.”