Monday 10 May 2021: Fiery and outspoken Catholic priest, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has apologized to the Catholic Church over the attack and destruction of the Enugu Catholic Diocese Bishop’s Court and the Holy Ghost Cathedral in Enugu.
Mbaka, who is the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), apologized while delivering a sermon on Sunday at the Adoration Ground in Emene.
He said the church did not kidnap him and apologized to people who may have misunderstood his statement when he resurfaced in Enugu.
He said he was misquoted by people who wanted to cause problems between him and the church.
The priest said the protest was hijacked by hoodlums who unleashed mayhem on the church.
“I wish to apologies to whoever misunderstood my statement at New Haven. I didn’t clap for anybody for destroying anything.
“I am here standing on your behalf and I render my sincere apologies to the Holy Roman and Apostolic Church where I belong and say may the mother church forgive us in any way we didn’t do it well even in all that I said, where I didn’t say it well, we pray for their forgiveness.
“I am on your behalf, kneeling down for the church and I say may the church forgive. What has happened has happened, we are to save the image of the church and the face of the church and the souls of the son of God.
“People started going in and breaking things… Igbos, Hausas and Yorubas, Catholics and non- Catholics.