Father Mbaka Biography – Age, Career, Controversies, and Net worthEjike Camillus Anthony Ebenezer Mbaka known as Father Mbaka is a Catholic cleric, musician and the founder of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria.
He is noted for being one of the most prominent religious leaders in the south-eastern part of Nigeria.
Age
He is 58 years old.
Career
Fr. Mbaka used to organise Block Rosary prayers in their neighbourhood when he was a kid. He also commended the prayer warrior team at St. Anthony’s Parish in Ituku, which was revitalising Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
Fr. Mbaka’s dream of becoming a catholic priest was met with fierce opposition from his pagan father. The notion of becoming a priest was rejected by his father and kinsmen.
However, on the 29th of July 1995, His Lordship Bishop Michael Ugwujah Eneja ordained Fr. Mbaka as a catholic priest at Holy Ghost Cathedral in Enugu.
Fr Mbaka was sent to Holy Ghost Cathedral in Enugu as the Assistant Diocesan Administration after his ordination.
Fr Mbaka used his time as an Assistant Diocesan Administration to embark on evangelistic missions beyond the cathedral. He frequently went to Capuchin and G.T.C Enugu to celebrate masses for the congregation.
Fr Mbaka was sent to Holy Ghost Cathedral in Enugu as the Assistant Diocesan Administration after his ordination.
Fr Mbaka used his time as an Assistant Diocesan Administration to embark on evangelistic missions beyond the cathedral. He frequently went to Capuchin and G.T.C Enugu to celebrate masses for the congregation.
He then founded the Eucharistic Jesus Word Prayer Centre, which ultimately became Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN).
He has served as a Parish Priest in many Enugu Diocese parishes, including Christ the Kings Parish in GRA and Our Lady of Roses Parish in Emene.
Controversies
Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka is in the storm again after dabbling into politics.
His current ordeal started after he attacked Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP.
Mbaka, known for his political prophecies, had vowed that Obi would never become Nigeria’s President because he is a stingy man.
DAILY POST observed that this is not the first time the controversial Catholic Priest verbally attacked Obi.
Recall that Mbaka’s grouse with Obi can be traced back to 2019 when the former governor, then Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s running mate, had visited the Adoration ministry, and he failed to make a monetary donation.
Obi had instead requested to be shown a project so he could make his support towards it.
But Mbaka would not take that. Frowning at Obi’s action, Mbaka had made some derogatory statements against him and PDP.
The controversial cleric had said PDP would lose the then-presidential election due to Obi’s action.
Following the ensuing controversy, Mbaka later apologized to Obi in a viral video, stressing that he never meant to ridicule him.
Recently, Mbaka said he apologized under duress because his Bishop asked him to do so.
It was observed that between 1999 and 2007, the administration of Governor Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State was at the receiving end of Mbaka’s inciting prophecies which he portrayed as being in defense of the poor in Enugu State.
He had vowed then to remove his cassock should Nnamani win re-election. But all that is now history as Nnamani did not just win re-election but has been elected to the Senate twice.
When Chimaraoke left office, the priest turned to his successor, Sullivan Chime.
During the build-up to the 2015 general elections, Mbaka predicted the end of PDP and former President Goodluck Jonathan, When a historic victory followed for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress in 2015, many of his followers pointed to the precision of his prophecy as a sign that he heard from God.
Mbaka’s followers paid little attention to the fact that an administration that should have improved their lives has overseen seven years of insecurity and poverty.
The clergyman, however, had a fallout with the administration after the 2015 elections with claims of Mbaka soliciting for government contracts from the Presidency. This, the clergyman denied.
Following the fallout with the current administration, Mbaka had called for Buhari’s impeachment if he failed to resign due to the state of insecurity in the country.
Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $15million dollars.