Outspoken Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, has debunked reports that he released fresh prophecies against the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Mr Mbaka, had in June, prophesied that Mr Obi would not win the 2023 presidential election because he is a “stingy man”.
Many Nigerians, including the Catholic diocese of Enugu, criticised him over “the prophetic declaration” on the LP candidate.
The cleric later apologised to the former governor and his supporters, saying his intent was not to malign the LP candidate.
The Bishop of the diocese of Enugu, Callistus Onaga, later banned church members from attending services at the ministry, following the controversial prophecy.
The ban was lifted on Thursday, three months after.
Mr Mbaka was later directed by the leadership of Catholic Diocese of Enugu to embark on a “solitary journey” to a monastery.
The embattled cleric held a service at the ministry on Sunday to mark the “partial reopening” of the ministry and also announce Anthony Amadi, another Catholic priest, as the new spiritual director of the ministry.
Reports emerged later alleging that Mr Mbaka, during the Sunday service at the ministry, gave a fresh prophecy that the LP candidate would not win the presidential election in 2023.
But Mr Mbaka, in a video clip posted on the ministry’s official Facebook page on Wednesday morning, described the report as “nefarious and satanic”.
The cleric said he was shocked when he heard of the report after handing over the ministry to Mr Amadi, the new spiritual director.
“I, Rev Fr Mbaka on that Sunday never mentioned Peter, not to talk of Obi. Please, whoever is being used by the devil to blackmail me in the name of doing any job for anybody is satanic and should apologise, withdraw such nefarious, and satanic utterance and be careful when you want to harm the image of a man of God,” he said.
The priest said he had forgiven the person behind the report, but demanded that the person should apologise and withdraw the report against him.
He said the report was intended to “put the Adoration Ministry in trouble.” (Premium Times)
