By Cajetan Mmuta
There appear to be more troubles for the embattled Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev Father Ejike Mbaka, following the invasion of the Bishops Court and residence of Bishop of the Enugu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev Dr. Calistus Onaga by protesters.

Bishop Onaga in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Thursday directed all parishioners, chaplains, and religious houses in the diocese to offer a one-week special prayer of atonement and reparation over the invasion and vandalization of the bishop’s residence on Tuesday.

He declared that “Every parish, chaplaincy and religious community in the diocese is obliged to participate in the holy activity”.

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The cleric according to the statement the prayer is for the atonement of the “heinous act against our central place of worship and the sanctity of the church,” adding that the prayer begins from Friday 7th of May to Friday,14th of May 3021.”

“On 5th of May 2021, the followers of Father Camillus Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria violently broke Into the diocesan Catholic Church and desecrated the holy altar of sacrifice. Over and above this they vandalized the diocesan bishop’s residence, the  Cathedral parish house, and the sacrament building complex.”

“Therefore, I hereby declare and call for a one-week union of prayer in reparation and atonement for this heinous act against our central place of worship and the sanctity of the church.”

“In addition, to the traditional May devotion prayers (daily benediction) the following prayers are to be offered for this purpose; five decades of the Holy Rosary, Act of reparation to the Most Blessed Sacrament (attached to this letter) and  Psalms 51 and 23 respectively”.

The bishop enjoined the faithful to remain sober and keep the diocese in prayer, stressing that with divine assistance and grace the diocese shall overcome this challenging moment “.

He prayed that “Our Lady, the Queen of May intercede for us, Amen”.

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It would be recalled that Rev Mbaka had on Tuesday disappeared and later reappeared after 24 hours in Enugu, a development that sparked curiosity and forced anxious Catholic faithful and youths with sympathy for the man of God to protest to the Bishop’s house, where they were told that the Bishop was not around.

Mbaka was invited to the Bishops Court on Tuesday by Bishop Onaga for possible debriefing over the controversies between him (Mbaka) and the Presidency.

He was quoted to have said during his ministration on Wednesday last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had failed the nation and should therefore resign or be impeached by the National Assembly.

But the Presidency through its Special Adviser on Media, Shehu Garba in reaction attacked the cleric, accusing him of being angry because the President refused to give him a contract, an allegation Mbaka had since denied.

It was however feared that security operatives had used the Bishop as a decoy to arrest Father Mbaka, which compelled the protesters to take to major roads demanding for his immediate release.