Biafra: Mbaka gives condition to support protest

Ugwuanyi hails him on employment
From Chinedu Asadu, Enugu
SPIRITUAL Director of Catholic Adoration Ministries
Enugu, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, has given one
condition on which he would support the ongoing pro-
Biafra protests in the South-East and part of the South-
South.
Mbaka said he would only support the agitation if those
behind it come out to lead the struggle
He warned that the protests are capable of snowballing
into a huge crisis of the scale associated with Boko
Haram if not curtailed now.
Fr. Mbaka spoke during the launch of new products,
Rapha Groundnut oil, Rapha Soya Oil and Rapha Carbon­
ated Drinks, produced by his company, Aqua Rapha
Investments Limited. He is chairman of the company.
Speaking, he lambasted those still fueling the pro- Biafra
protests, saying it was capable of scaring away investors
from the region.
He had, earlier in the week, incurred the wrath of Move­
ment for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra
(MASSOB) when he described the protests as ‘evil’.
His words: “If this nation collapses, it is on us all. If things
go well, it is for our own good. I want you to know that if
there is any of you here that is oppressed, we are being
oppressed too. What I am begging is that things should be
done in the right way. Because, if we continue like this, all
the visions the governors of Igboland have, vision for
employment and economic diversification, will be
frustrated.
“No investor can come into a city filled with crises. So,
wherever you are, saying, ‘let them (the protesters) move
on’, the only way I can support it is when you join them.
So, please, I am begging all of us, let us join hands and
develop our place, Igboland.”
He also assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who was at
the launch that his company would always support his
administration.
Also speaking, Ugwuanyi commended him for using his
company to provide 4,500 jobs for the people of the state.
Ugwuanyi noted that the state government is interested in
such business initiatives, which create jobs for the people,
as well as turn around the state’s economic fortunes,
pointing out that there are enormous benefits that would
accrue from his company.

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