Hon. SuQ Ma'DIQ:
There's this saying " Kill an MBAISE MAN first b4 killing a visible coiled poinous snake". This tells you the level of danger an MBAISE MAN potends.
Ahiara Diocese of SNAKEs! Why them no go reject anything wey no long like them. Funny enough they are just showing off their slattery tendencies on an issue only the pope has the final say on. Pity on IMO STATE generally on the way they tend to politicise everything.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION MBAISE PEOPLE ARE DISLIKED JUST BECAUSE AN AVERAGE MBAISE MAN IS WISE AND INTELLIGENT
OUR MOTTO REMAINS:"WE ARE WISE IT IS NOT OUR FAULT" Continue Hating it will definitely lead u no where.

Nightshift: Mbaise people are great folks, bro! Whenever i remember Mbaise people what comes to my mind is beautiful Highlife music from Oriental Brothers, Sir Warrior, Dan Satch and Kabaka! We shouldn't allow old prejudice corrupt our mind against our kind. That could be a bitter pill for some folks to take though....

Get your facts right. Kabaka and Dan Satch are not from Mbaise! Remember it was Kabaka that first made the statement "if you see Mbaise person and see a snake ..." By the way, Sir Warrior was from Enyiogwugwu, a community that shares most Owerri characteristics - dialect, lifestyle, etc besides proximity.

Mba5(sense)!

Okoro2015:

You seem to be a very young fellow. Let me be blunt. How many non indigenous bishops are in Anambra? We have scores of them elsewhere. Tell me.

Lol. . I guess I didnt get the meaning. . That, I do not know.

But then again does it matter if the bishop is indigineous or not. . They dont worship the bishop do they?
Thats the point i was tryna make. .

Oh well. . Thanks for explaining the grammar

chukwudi44:

You really think a tiny community like mbaise can subvert the mighty catholic church? You must be joking!!

The pope has made his choice.Fall in line or get excommunicated.One more thing no member of the clergy involved in this show of shame even if not excommunicated will ever get to be a bishop of the catholic church.

What if God says its their destiny to be bishop. Will the church overide it .?

sly-k:


Madam CWO President, Mrs Felicia Nwogu, you are a disgrace to your position as a mother. What has catholic church has to do with a peoples culture?
Shame will forever be yours if the consecrated bishop latter assume office in Ahiara diocese.
For many of you heading this reject rally against Bishop Okpalaeke, may you never recieve blessings from him. Never query God when your children and many around you will say no to your leadership.

Nna bros!! So you receive your blessings from mere mortal..! Oh I forgot you still have to tell him your sins too... Hehehehe wahala dey oo..

The issue has nothing to do with Catholic doctrine. Groups in Mbaise are trying to make their point and quite vocally. Their point is that there is a skewed appointment of Catholic Bishops in Nigeria and is unacceptable to them. This is an internal Catholic Church problem and as someone said in this forum, it should be noted that not all Mbaise people are Catholics.
That said, Rome has spoken and as such Bishop Okpaleke stays. Obviously this would be a test of his calling as he has to build followership since without sheep there would be no need foe a shepherd. Rome would in time look into the issues raised and I am pretty certain the Church will come out stronger.
Commentators should stop being carried away by stereotypes and shallow thinking.
Both sides have made their points but the Catholic Church which I proudly profess will as usual take care of this little storm in a tea pot.

GooseBaba:

Nna bros!! So you receive your blessings from mere mortal..! Oh I forgot you still have to tell him your sins too... Hehehehe wahala dey oo..

This is very uneccessary. . . .

dayokanu: This Okpaleke sounds like a Yoruba name sef

Opaleke

And 'dayokanu' sounds like my name 'kanu'

Another AHIARA DECLARATION in the offing which may result to:
1. Forgive Bishop Okpaleke and allow him to have a peaceful reign. OR
2. Form a parallel Catholic Church and appoint there own Bishop and even Pope.
3. Quit the Catholic Church totally

Anambra are matured,we have every other Igbos occupying posts in Anambra state buh you dont see us protesting,time for us to start our own protests because almost all the priest in my hometown's catholic church are mbaise and Abia
mtcheeeeewwwww

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The issue has nothing to do with Catholic doctrine. Groups in Mbaise are trying to make their point and quite vocally. Their point is that there is a skewed appointment of Catholic Bishops in Nigeria and is unacceptable to them. This is an internal Catholic Church problem and as someone said in this forum, it should be noted that not all Mbaise people are Catholics.
That said, Rome has spoken and as such Bishop Okpaleke stays. Obviously this would be a test of his calling as he has to build followership since without sheep there would be no need foe a shepherd. Rome would in time look into the issues raised and I am pretty certain the Church will come out stronger.
Commentators should stop being carried away by stereotypes and shallow thinking.
Both sides have made their points but the Catholic Church which I proudly profess will as usual take care of this little storm in a tea pot.

Very reasonable comment. But if there is injustice, why must it be allowed to stay? "Because Rome has spoken"? We need to hear from the real Rome.

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Wily,Wily:

Ahiara people dey spoil Catholic name, if they are tired of Catholic, they should quit and join another Church.

what other name has catholic other than catholic?

Kelechigodwin: Wrong caption, it is nt Imo Youths rather Mbaise catholic Youth, they re showing d world how tribalistic they re, i hate there character esp there girls

"Especially the girls" ... Because dem no give you toto...guy park well... Tomorrow you go dey shout Ndigbo..!..

I repeat myself and it seems nobody want to answer me.....how many non indegenious bishops r in anambra state.......becus i want to conclude my judgement now....

Wonders shall never end. Even priests dey follow protest with their white vestments. what a shame on we catholics.

Okiki_Oluwa: Watching...

watching, tragic. Sam Mbakwe once wept for Imo State as a Governor. Catholic Church has been turned into a main market, I.e OMATA

Br3nd4:

This is very uneccessary. . . .

How so.!? Is he to worship the bishop/ church or God..? it appears he has his faith on the bishop..so tell me what is "very unnecessary"...

Dempsy: I repeat myself and it seems nobody want to answer me.....how many non indegenious bishops r in anambra state.......becus i want to conclude my judgement now....

Thats a silly question! . . . . I am from Anambra state, and I go to church to hear the word of God. I don't go to church to start asking the state of origin or birth place of all my priests or bishops.

Mortiple: Get your facts right. Kabaka and Dan Satch are not from Mbaise! Remember it was Kabaka that first made the statement "if you see Mbaise person and see a snake ..." By the way, Sir Warrior was from Enyiogwugwu, a community that shares most Owerri characteristics - dialect, lifestyle, etc besides proximity.

Is Ahiazu and Enyiogugu not part of greater Mbaise area? Most members of Oriental Brothers are from Mbaise zone. As I write now, i am even singing one of their great songs - Onye Ma Onye Wu Onye! Apama special 1980

Ndi Mbaise what a good people with good backgrounds. Whether snake or no snake i love mbaise. Mbaise are known over the world with their braveness and wisenes. People don't love us because we are the tribe of Jacob who uses his wiseness on Esau. Till today Esau is not happy with Jacob his brother. That is why our brothers from other part of the region dislike mbaise People. Without MBAISE there's no imo state. Rochas affirms that. Mbaise are worldwide. I LOVE MBAISE.

Honestly I am shocked at this behaviour coming from people who claim to be catholic not just christians.Has nominations to the position of bishops become an issue that will attract protests as we see in the social setting?This is just the second bishop to be appointed for Mbaise in the history of the diocese and the previous bishop was from Mbaise,so why are people protesting.If successive bishops had come from outside Mbaise,one may say why not also think of an Mbaise man.
The present archbishop of benincity is from Ogbaru in Anambra state,Edo people are not complaining,Okojie was for long the archbishop of Lagos and he hails from Uromi in Edo state no one complained,Michael Fagun was bishop of Ekiti and hails from Ondo no one is carrying placards,Vincent Ezeonyia haisl from Uke in Anambra and is the bishop of Aba no one is protesting,why are we dragging the church to the mud just to have a servant of the people of God.Has this become the same as the position of a president of the federal republic,I am totally disappointed with even priests from Mbaise who are behind this.This is catholic church and not a political party.

Please mbaise people, burn down the churches

I am from Ahiara diocese. All saints catholic parish obodo ahiara. Long live Mater cathedral Ahiara. All we are saying let justice be done. Long live pope Francis I.

he youths of Ahiara community in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State yesterday locked the Catholic Cathedral to protest the ordination of Monsignor Peter Okpalaeke as the Bishop of Ahiara Diocese.

Okpalaeke, who is from Anambra State, was appointed bishop-elect of the diocese by former Pope Benedict XVI last December after the death of the pioneer bishop of the diocese, Victor Chikwe.

But while ordination was going on, the priests and Catholic faithful including the youths from the diocese, who preferred an indigene of Mbaise as bishop of the diocese, said the bishop-elect would not be allowed in the diocese.

The youths, who took over the church, locked up the entrance gate to the cathedral where the newly ordained bishop was to begin his 10- year tenure as the bishop of Ahiara Diocese.

The protesters, who disrupted vehicular and human movement in the area, vowed not to allow the bishop access into the cathedral, insisting that the diocese would remain without a bishop for the next 10 years. Some of protesters told journalists that “we will not allow this injustice. We don’t want the bishop who is not from our community.

That is all we are saying and we are ready to fight to finish”. Despite the protesters’ threat, Pope Francis directed Catholic authorities yesterday to ordain the bishopelect.

The ordination, which was carried out amid tight security at the Seat of Wisdom Seminary in Ulakwo in Owerri North Local Government Area, was held several miles away from the Ahiara Diocese.

This, according to a source, was to prevent the breakdown of law and order. However, many Catholic faithful and other dignitaries within and outside the country, including John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the archbishop of Abuja, attended the ordination. In his sermon, the Catholic Bishop of Umuahia Archdiocese, Lucius Ugorji, said: “Only the Pope has the final say in the appointment of bishops.

There is no provision for quota system in the appointment of bishops.” According to him, the acceptance of the appointment is a respect for the Pope, while rejection, inflammatory statements and protests are spiteful and disrespectful to the Papal authority. Ugorji urged the people to work with the new bishop for the progress of the diocese.
Unbelievable ! It can only be Mbaise People.

This is just stupidity raised to the power2, truely am very ashamed of this. How did we degenerate this far, BIGOTRY in the house of God? I opened this thread thinking the bishop-elect must have committed one thing or the other, but this is far from my mind.
Well not too surprised with mbaise people, where every family boast of producing catholic priest. In tHe east mbaise should have the highest number of priests, but corruption in catholic church stems from their homes. Hypocrisy abound in their hearts. Tufiakwa!!! Ihere mee unu

Abagworo: Most of you are ignorant of this issue and should 1st of all study the entire situation before commenting. You cannot have a particular session imposing themselves on others for nearly 80years and claiming justice. This might be the beginning of the end of Catholicism in the Southern Igbo area if the issue is not handled with care.

You might as well question God's fairness in 'Justice' on why the whites(Europeans/ West) has been ever supreme over the black race. And don't you ever involve 'IGBO' in such inane gibberish you just scribbled.:@

He who hates mbaise, hates Jacob. PERIOD. Ishi na-ha emebi unu.

Confused Religion

Hahaha i tot say all christian r broders anyware dey find dem self jst lyk muslim boders but dis new prov me wrong wat a Shame u ppl,

Daz why islam is d true religion cos all muslim r broders any ware in d wold d word islam connect us 2gether, as dat msg boston bommer said if u tuch one muslim u tuch all muslim cos we r all one black, white, Asian, chanis, indian, arab, etc we all one nd any person frm oda part of d country cn lead us if he bear d name muslim no need 2 b inn our community islam is d best. Now d haters will start sayi trash on me now instep of defending dem self dey go jst say some shit, jst run ur mouth cos it not gonna chng anyting

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