The spiritual Director of the Adoration Chaplaincy, Enugu, Father Ejike Mbaka, has sought God’s forgiveness for church leaders over their partisanship during the 2023 presidential elections, won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The outspoken Catholic priest told the congregation on Wednesday at his Adoration Ground, that the positions the church leaders took messed up the altar of God.
“God, forgive us, forgive the Church, we have gotten it wrong this time”, Mbaka said in a viral video.
“I apologise on behalf of the whole men of God, the whole pastors, the whole priests and the whole bishops. I’m not worthy to apologise for Bishops, but I’m apologising.
“Let the mercy of God descend because what we did within the political moment….a lot of indescribable political brouhaha and political jingoisms and atrocities (were committed).
“We manifested and buried the power of sacrament beneath political forces, political hawks and vultures; they want to vulturise the Church.
“We turned the churches into campaign centres, turned the churches into places of politicking.
“How can you prophesy that God told you who will win and it did not come to pass? And you want to blame it on rigging.
“When we know that God’s Word supersedes every rigging!
“We messed up the altar, we defiled the Altar. How do we want power to move from altar that has been defiled? We cannot continue with such iniquities.
“I pray that God will forgive us. Forgive us Oh Lord, forgive Your Church, forgive Christianity in Nigeria.”
Mbaka, who spoke in both English and Igbo, said: “We have gotten it wrong this time. Amen.
“Just let it be like this. If you want to misunderstand me, that is your business.”
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*Adapted from Sahara Reporters
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