Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has condemned the protests made by Biafra supporters calling it evil.
Fr. Mbaka who made the condemnation on Saturday in Enugu during a sermon at his weekly Adoration Ministry, he urged youths in the South East and South-South if Nigeria to stop the protest, and go back to their homes and businesses as the protest could lead to their death and would only destabilize the economy of the country.
According to NAN, he said:
“Locking up your shops and disrupting economic activities will not add any naira to your pocket, whatever grievance you have could be resolved through dialogue,” the cleric said.
He told the leaders behind the protests, that they should use their own children for the struggle not the public.
Fr. Mbaka commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of ministers from the zone and assigning them with good positions.
“President Buhari’s action has proven that the South-East has not been marginalised. I would have reacted if no minister emerged from the zone,” he said.
He blamed Igbo leaders for the bad social amenities and infrastructures in the regions.
He said: “President Buhari is not the cause of poor roads, unemployment and other decay infrastructures in the South East, we should blame our leaders.
“Most of the roads had been awarded but our leaders squandered the fund, even the university teaching hospital in Enugu is a no-go-area and our leaders are not concerned about it,” he said.
Fr. Mbaka called on the new Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, to use his office to employ youths in the zone, adding that it would stop what he called another Boko Haram in the South East if not curtailed.
He ended by urging Nigerians to be patient with the president as the President has good plans for the country.
