GOWON REFUTES MEDIA REPORT THAT HE SLUMPED IN DELTA

Former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described a media report that he slumped recently in Delta State as false.

General Gowon said this during a thanksgiving service at the 32nd Annual Fresh Fire Convention of the Gethsemane Prayer Ministries and the dedication of its Bethel Prayer Suites, Retreat and Conference Centre, at The Chapel of Light, Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The media had on May 3 reported that Gowon slumped during the funeral of a former Military Governor of the defunct Midwest Region, late Major General David Ejoor, in Delta State.

Gowon, the National Chairman of Nigeria Prays, who was represented on the occasion by the Secretary of the Christian group, Evangelist Austen Kemie, said, “Though I am 85 years old, I am still waxing stronger and stronger”.

Gowon’s letter to GPMI partly read, “Wishing you success and God’s blessing on this occasion; our prayer is that the new retreat centre will serve as a centre of excellence and an enduring legacy, not only for Gethsemane Prayer Ministries, but the entire body of Christ. On behalf of Nigeria Prays, I send my sincere congratulations.”