Enugu Bishops to meet with Fr. Mbaka today over death threat

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu is set to hold a meeting with Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka over his recent claim that the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his wife are planning to assassinate him.

In an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday, a representative of the diocese, who declined to have his name in print, said investigations are ongoing to determine the legitimacy of Mbaka’s threat. “We have had a meeting concerning the claim he made and we are doing something about it. We have to call him and he has to explain. We are going to have a meeting with him tomorrow (Sunday), after mass,” the representative said.

President Jonathan and his wife want me dead – Fr. Mbaka

A priest in the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, are planning to kill him over his recent criticism of the government and his opposition to the President’s re-election bid.