Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, the controversial priest who early this week asked President Buhari to resign or face impeachment, has said that his disappearance for 24 hours was hatched by the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev Callistus Onaga,
Mbaka said the senior priest, working with others, detained him for speaking well of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra.
He said that it was the protests in Enugu by the members of his Adoration Ministry that forced the Bishop to release him.
He alleged that the Bishop had planned to keep him in isolation for 30 days, which would allow him to pray and meditate over his activities.
Mbaka’s sudden disappearance from the public view had led to speculations that he could have been arrested by the Department of State Security over his recent call for Buhari to resign.
But the DSS quickly said in a statement that Mbaka was not with the Spy Police.
He alleged that Bishop Onaga upon seeing the protest over his predicament allowed him to go.
He further alleged that the church was angry with him for blessing Nnamdi Kanu. “Are you the owner of my mouth?” he asked
“You can’t tell me who to bless? If you are not happy that I blessed someone, you have your own mouth, you can curse the person. “They didn’t treat me in a pastoral way and I was asking am I being punished for what?
“They said it was a meeting, but even before I reached the Bishop’s house, the conclusion has already been made. What happened to me was like the day I was shot on the road.
“Unfortunately for them, even before the meeting, a woman was already going around bragging that the Bishop will call me for a meeting, and that I was going to leave my house here for 30 days, and that after the 30 days, I would be sent to Rome, and Adoration ministry will be closed. “In a time and cases like this, don’t give me a punishment that will cause troubles for us because I’m not alone.”
He also added that another point raised against him was his call on Buhari to resign over the worsening insecurity in the country.