Spiritual Director of Catholic
Adoration Ministries Enugu, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, has given one
condition on which he would support the ongoing pro-Biafra protests in the
South-East and part of the South-South.
Mbaka said he would only
support the agitation if those behind it come out to lead the struggle
He warned that the
protests are capable of snowballing into a huge crisis of the scale associated
with Boko Haram if not curtailed now.
Fr. Mbaka spoke during
the launch of new products, Rapha Groundnut oil, Rapha Soya Oil and Rapha
Carbonated Drinks, produced by his company, Aqua Rapha Investments Limited. He
is chairman of the company.
Speaking, he lambasted
those still fueling the pro- Biafra protests, saying it was capable of scaring
away investors from the region.
He had, earlier in the
week, incurred the wrath of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB) when he described the protests as ‘evil’.
His words: “If this
nation collapses, it is on us all. If things go well, it is for our own good. I
want you to know that if there is any of you here that is oppressed, we are
being oppressed too. What I am begging is that things should be done in the
right way. Because, if we continue like this, all the visions the governors of
Igboland have, vision for employment and economic diversification, will be
frustrated.
“No investor can come
into a city filled with crises. So, wherever you are, saying, ‘let them (the
protesters) move on’, the only way I can support it is when you join them. So,
please, I am begging all of us, let us join hands and develop our place,
Igboland.”
He also assured Governor
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who was at the launch that his company would always support
his administration.
Also speaking, Ugwuanyi
commended him for using his company to provide 4,500 jobs for the people of
the state.
Ugwuanyi noted that the
state government is interested in such business initiatives, which create
jobs for the people, as well as turn around the state’s economic fortunes,
pointing out that there are enormous benefits that would accrue from his
company.
- Sun News
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