Father Mbaka slams critics, says God deserves money

The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev.
Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has lambasted his critics, insisting that God
deserves money.

Mbaka said this while responding to criticisms over a video that
went viral wherein he was seen trying to compel the
Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter
Obi, during the annual harvest and bazaar celebration of the church
to disclose how much he would donate to his church project.

The cleric had told a reluctant Obi that God hates stinginess
and if he continues to act in such a manner, he and the PDP
Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would lose woefully come
election day.

In a new video which was posted on Youtube by Dave Partner and
has been viewed over 11,000 times, Mbaka, who spoke in English and
Igbo intermittently, said God deserves money and there was nothing
wrong with him asking for donations.

The cleric explained that bazaar day is strictly for raising of
funds and that is the only time his church asks for donations.

Mbaka said, “There are some people who are ingrates. These are
people from the kingdom of succubus and Incubus. I want to tell you
that all these things are caused by jealousy and envy. They are not
fighting Mbaka for anything wrong.

“Everyone who came was blessed but they turned it against me,
saying I am after money. God deserves money. If you don’t want to
bring your own in your stinginess, hold it. I will give God all
that I have and even if anybody wants to join them, you’re free to
join them.

“Where God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are, there Fr. Mbaka
will be. I will build this place for the church. Whoever felt
insulted, I apologise. But I didn’t come to your house. It was you
who came for the bazaar.”

The cleric said all those fighting him were fighting God. He
subsequently asked God to punish his detractors and those “firing
arrows at him”.

Although he did not mention Obi’s name, Mbaka said any
politician who had donated money to his ministry was free to send
his or her bank account number and he would gladly return the
donation.

He added, “As for me, I am in high spirits. I want to assure
you, those who are thinking that it is their money we will use to
build this ministry, before the end of tomorrow, I will send all
their monies into their accounts.”

On why he demanded money from Obi publicly, the cleric said he
wanted the process of donation to be open and transparent so that
no one would accuse him of diverting funds.

Mbaka said every person who made a donation on the day the
bazaar held did so publicly.

The cleric added, “We do it outside, publicly because if I am
silent, rumours will begin to spread that someone gave me $10m and
why did Mbaka keep quiet? They will abuse me even if I am silent
because anytime they want to attack this ministry, they will start
somewhere.

“If I am silent they will attack, if I talk, they will attack
it. And don’t forget that the liturgy was not tampered with. I
finished the mass and even removed my priestly attire. No one can
fault me on that.”

The cleric insisted that he was not partisan, adding that every
person, regardless of political leaning, was free to come to him
for blessings.

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