"I Will Interview God & Ask Him Questions"-Late Vice-Chairman of Sun Newspaper

 

Former Vice-Chairman of Sun Newspaper, Dimgba Igwe, died on Saturday, the 6th of September, 2014. Apart from being a journalist, he was also the Deputy General Overseer, Evangel Pentecostal Church, Okota, Lagos. And as if he knew he would get to see his creator soon, Dimgba said in his last sermon, that when he sees God he will interview Him and ask Him some questions.

 

Dimgba had delivered the sermon on Sunday, August 24, 2014. It was titled “Delighting Yourself in the Lord," During the sermon, he told the congregation that he had a basket-full of questions to ask his creator when he finally met Him. He said,

“Truly, truly, as far as I am concerned, when I see God, He has some explanations to make. I will tell him, ‘God, tell me something, why did you do this? Why did you do that? I would interview God and ask him questions.

 

And barely two weeks after his message, Dimgba has gotten the opportunity to ask God those questions

He was brutally killed by a reckless driver, while jogging around his neigbourhood. All efforts made to retrieve him failed, as a private hospital he was taken to for medical care offered only first aid treatment before referring him to Isolo General Hospital. On arrival at the general hospital, there was no doctor on duty to attend to him, resulting in further delay in treatment. He was then rushed to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, where he underwent surgery but died shortly.

One of the late Dimgba’s daughters, Victory, recalled how she had prepared her dad’s favourite dish, jollof rice on Friday, which he gladly ate. She was still sleeping on Saturday when he took off for the early morning jogging that led to his death. She said she received the news of his death with shock as there was no premonition of the tragedy and described him as “a fearless, godly and courageous man, whose devotion to his children remained unparalleled till death.”

 Dimgba held on to life courageous, confessing loudly: “I will make it; I will make it,” but he never did. He died at the hospital, leaving most people devastated.

Pastor Okechukwu Anyanwu, who led the praise session during church service yesterday, urged the mourning members of the church to put on their garments of praise.

“Dimgba looks at us from heaven. He is with the father. Over there, there is no sorrow, no pain, no tears,” he said.

The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Paul Toun, confessed that members of the church were struggling to praise God in the face of what happened. He described the late Igwe as a devoted teacher of God’s word.

Dimgba’s wife, Obioma, was visibly shaken by the loss. It was reported that she had gone to visit their son at Covenant University, Ota, last Saturday, but she was forced to cancel the trip when she got a distress call from her husband to rush to the hospital. On arrival, she held the hands of God in faith, confessing that her husband would not die. 

Emboldened by Dimgba’s optimistic confession that he would make it, she never wavered in her faith. Sadly, when her husband breathed his last, she refused to accept defeat, insisting that she would not leave the hospital without him.

Members of his church had refused to accept the reality of the loss. They held an all-night intercessory prayer in their church on Saturday, asking God to wake him up to continue his work on earth.

A member of the prayer team, Mrs. Ify Anyaelechi, said that they had presented their reasons to God, pleading with Him to bring Pastor Dimgba back to life.

The General Overseer of the Church, Pastor Paul Toun, said he did not doubt God’s ability to raise Dimgba from the dead if it pleases Him. However, he maintained that only God’s will must prevail, as He does all things to His own glory.

It's sad how many lives we have lost in Nigeria, as a result of hospital's delay in treating patients.  May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen