There was excitement on Wednesday morning as the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Father Ejike Mbaka, returned to Adoration ground in Enugu State.
The controversial Catholic priest was transferred out of Adoration Ministry after eight months of suspension.
The Catholic Bishop Enugu diocese, Most Rev Callistus Onaga, had on June 3, banned Fr Mbaka, from commenting on partisan politics.
Shortly after the initial ban was lifted Mbaka violated the agreement on political neutrality and went into verbal attack on Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, describing him as a “stingy man.”
Following outrage and condemnation that trailed the attack on Obi, the Bishop issued a pastoral injunction on attendance to Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy Enugu, and enjoined all Catholics to stop visiting the ministry till further notice.
However, on Wednesday morning, hundreds of Mbaka’s supporters trooped out on the road to welcome his return to Adoration. Mbaka’s supporters marched alongside a vehicle conveying him to Adoration Ground in Umuchigbo Nike causing serious traffic gridlock along old Emene-Abakaliki road.
The jubilant adorers as his supporters were fondly called were seen very excited as some were dancing along the road.
