Madam Onuorah , owner of Our Lady's Bread sacked by Catholic Church

This is Madam Onuorah

There was tension in Nkpor weekend when a 92 year old Madam Juliana Onuorah, the proprietor of Our Lady’s Industrial Centre, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State raised alarm that she has been sacked from her multi million naira estate by people from the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha.

 She is currently taking refuge in a private home in Onitsha even as she alleged that her premises has been rented out by the Catholic Church trying to confiscate her hard earned property.

It would be recalled that Madam Juliana had petitioned the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis to stop the catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha to hands off her multi billion property in Nkpor and stop from further destruction of the said property.

Madam Onuorah said her life is in danger and needed only the intervention of the Pontiff for the Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha , Most Reverend Valerian Okeke to order his priests to stop bullying and harassing her and her daughter and destroying her property as well as arresting her workers.

She cried out to Pope Francis and conference of Catholic Bishops to stop the unjust persecution of Onuorah family by the Catholic church in Onitsha as their plans were not far from to frustrate her to die untimely.

She further appealed to the Inspector General of police to ensure his men are not used to cause high blood pressure and heart attack for her as her wealth used for charity and philanthropy should not kill her.

She alleged serious threat of life by the catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha over a church she single handedly built and  dedicated for worship in her multi billion naira estate to the archdiocese of Onitsha.

It further recalls that Madam Juliana in 1985 built Our Lady’s Catholic Church Nkpor, which was dedicated by the then Archdiocesan Bishop, Cardinal Francis Arinze in thanksgiving and fulfillment of her promise to God that she will build a befitting Basilica to God if she comes back to Nigeria alive from Western Germany where she went for medical treatment. On arrival to Nigeria, Cardinal Arinze laid a foundation stone for the church and one storey building was also erected for priests that will superintend the church for worship by her thousands of workers numbering over 5,000 as at that period. There is school (Nursery to Secondary), poultry, fish pond, domestic science centre, piggry, rabbit farm, bread bakery, Orphanage , Widows center among others.

  

The Resident priest in the building,  Rev Fr.  Ben Oguejiofor and the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Martin Onukwuba could not be reached.

When contacted, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) in Anambra State Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka said he has not been briefed.

Workers at the estate were arrested and bakery materials worth millions destroyed by youth members of the church.