This is getting really serious.
The Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) has described Ejike Mbaka,
a Catholic priest, as a prophet of Baal
who receives bribes from President
Muhammadu Buhari.
“Prophet of Baal” is a metaphor for false
prophets in Bible.
The prophets of Baal, who were Jezebel’s
seers, were defeated by Elijah in a
“show-of-power” contest.
In a statement jointly signed by Emma
Nmezu and Clifford Chukwuemeka
Iroanya, its spokespersons, the group
alleged that Mbaka mocked its agitation
for an independent state of Biafra and
its members who were killed in a rally
by the Nigeria police.
IPOB said the priest was building a
business empire for himself, instead of
building the church. It also accused him
keeping mum while Igbo youth are killed
by Fulani herdsmen. Below is the full
statement;
IPOB RESPONSE TO FATHER EJIKE
MBAKA THE PROPHET BAAL (edited for
legal reasons)
The Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) are in a state of deep shock at
the misguided statements coming
from a prophet of Baal that goes by
the name Revd Father Ejike Camillus
Anthony Ebenezer Mbaka who is
supposed to be a Catholic priest in the
Enugu Diocese of the Roman Catholic
Mission. This young priest from
Amata Ituku in Awgu area of Enugu
state and who was ordained on July
29, 1995, is no different from the
biblical prophet of Baal because he
appears to be worshipping anything
but Chukwu Okike Abiama (God
Almighty the Creator). Worse still, he
seemed to have abandoned his
canonical calling and delved into
business… he has now identified
himself infamously with the killers of
Biafrans.
Revd Father Mbaka, the prophet of
Baal, made misguided statements
concerning the efforts by Biafrans to
restore their God-given nation of
Biafra. This prophet of Baal asserted
that unless billionaires from the Igbo-
speaking areas of Biafraland come out
to the street, the case for the
restoration of Biafra should be closed.
He reeled out names of known anti-
Biafra individuals such as Ken
Nnamani, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Willie
Obiano, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, and
so on. According to this prophet of
Baal, it is only when the Igbo
Billionaires come out that Biafra
restoration will be achieved. He even
lied to his congregation by telling
them that Biafrans were sent to the
street and instructed to engage in a
fight with the Nigerian Police.
In the first place, we want to inform
this prophet of Baal that Biafra nation
does not belong to the Igbo alone. As
an example, the second-in-command
to General Odimegwu Ojukwu was
General Phillip Effiong who was not
from the Igbo-speaking area of Biafra.
This prophet of Baal must understand
that the same people he mentioned in
his misguided statements are the ones
responsible for the sorry state of
affairs in Biafraland today. He must
know that these so-called Igbo
billionaires are the same people
sabotaging the efforts by dedicated
and hardcore Biafrans to restore the
nation of Biafra.
By identifying with these sell-outs,
Father Ejike Mbaka, the prophet of
Baal, has confirmed the rumours over
the years that he was not spiritually
called to serve as a priest but rather
using priesthood as a means to an
end. It is absurd that this prophet of
Baal mocked our dead heroes who
were mowed down in their prime by
the gun-toting Buhari’s murderous
agents. The prophet of Baal even made
jests of Biafrans by calling them ‘poor
people’ and insinuated that it is only
the super-rich that should fight for
and live in the new Biafra.
In contrast, we would like Father
Mbaka, the prophet of Baal, to
emulate other clerics such as Revd Dr
Chris Okafor, Archbishop Emmanuel
Chukwuma, Apostle Johnson
Suleiman, Pastor David Oyedepo, and
even Bishop Matthew Hasan Kukah.
These are clerics who have come out
to speak against the menace of Fulani
herdsmen and the killing of unarmed
and peaceful Biafrans. Even some
Islamic clerics have spoken out
against the killing of Biafrans by
Fulani herdsmen. It is on record that
Father Ejike Mbaka, the prophet of
Baal, has not made any public
condemnation of the several killings
carried out by Fulani herdsmen in his
home state of Enugu. But he has the
time to go to Aso Rock to felicitate
with a man who assassinated Major-
General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi and who
also participated in the murder of
over two million Biafrans at Owerri in
1968.
We advise Revd Father Ejike Camillus
Anthony Ebenezer Mbaka, the prophet
of Baal, to stay away from Biafra
restoration matters and concentrate
on his business empire. He can
fraternise with his so-called Igbo
cream and leave those he mocked as
‘poor people’ to get on with the task
of restoring their nation of Biafra.
We warn this prophet of Baal that
further misguided statements from
him shall have undesirous
consequences from Chukwu Okike
Abiama, the God of the Biafrans. We
further warn this prophet of Baal to
stop giving the impression that Biafra
is for the Igbo alone. Although this
prophet of Baal is a very young man,
he must apply wisdom and tact in his
speeches. Making misguided and
outlandish statements is not expected
from someone wearing the cassock
unless such a person is truly a
prophet of Baal.
Finally, we direct Revd Father Ejike
Camillus Anthony Ebenezer Mbaka,
the prophet of Baal, to the book of
Malachi chapter 2 from verse 1 to 9. A
word is enough for the wise and for
the righteous.
Hmmmmm.
Is this blasphemy?
THE CABLE
