All the bank accounts of Enugu
Catholic Priest of Adoration
Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka,
have been frozen.
Sources traced the action to the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
They claimed that the EFCC
operatives who carried out the
operation were detailed from
Port Harcourt, the Rivers State
capital.
Mbaka was also said to have
been asked to report at their Port
Harcourt office on an unspecified
date.
Mbaka’s media aide, Maximus
Ugwuoke said: “All the cheques
issued to the banks today
(yesterday) were returned. We
don’t know why they decided to
use EFCC operatives from Port
Harcourt while the zonal
headquarters is here in Enugu. ”
The media aide said the action
might not be unconnected with
the December 31, 2014 message
in which Fr. Mbaka criticised
President Jonathan’s
administration.
The priest had also raised the
alarm that his life was being
threatened
But the EFCC denied freezing the
bank account of the fiery priest.
Head of Media and Publicity of
the commission, Mr. Wilson
Uwujiaren, in a statement last
night, said:
“The attention of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) has been drawn to reports
in a section of the media
claiming that the Commission
had frozen the accounts of
Enugu-based Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka
of the Adoration Mass fame.
“The Commission wishes to state
that there is no truth in the
report and should be
discountenanced.”
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