Baby boy for ex- minister after 23 years of marriage

After 23 years of marriage, Mary, wife of former
Minister of State, Interior, Humphrey Abah has
delivered her first baby. A thanksgiving service attended by top
government functionaries and other dignitaries
was held in Abuja on Sunday at the United
Evangelical Church, National Worship Centre to
celebrate the birth of the baby. Abah who said for twenty-three years his
political opponents laughed at him for not been
able to father a child was grateful to God for
finally granting his desire. He revealed that even doctors in London have
“said that my wife will not be able to bear any
child.” The ex-minister said God has since been his
hope even after doctor’s declaration adding that
there was no pressure from his family to either
marry another wife or seek another alternative. His words: “I always pray to God for a day like
this. My political opponents have used my
childlessness to mock me. I have come across
some people who initially we were in the same
camp together but because you did not do one
thing or the other that they wanted you to do on grounds of principle the say ha… we are not
surprised after all he does not have a child. You
get that kind of jab. I keep telling people that I
have gotten to a position in life that I am driven
by what the word of God have promised me and
I do not take to comments that come from sides. “I told my wife not to listen to side talks but
should focus on God and she has always
listened to me. My advice for other people who
are looking for this type of day is for them to
draw strength from our testimony. Because God
has promised he shall not fail.” The mother of the baby boy, whose name is
David Onu Abah said after fifty years of age it is
only God that can give a child. Her words: “I feel great and grateful unto the lord
for all that he has done for wiping away my
tears and making me a mother at last. It is a
dream I have had since I married at the age of
27. “Now I am more than 49 years of age. It has
taking a long time for this to come true. I have
shed many tears. My lives have witnessed my
tears. But regardless of them all the journey has
been rough. “In the year 2012 on my birthday which was
November 18, it was a Sunday I came to the
church and I asked the pastor and he asked a
little child to pray for me. The church rose up
and chorused Amen. That same Sunday the
church organised a praise concert and I danced before the lord and I said the lord has provided
me with a birthday gift. After that we came April
2013 and there was fasting and prayer I keyed
into it and I prostrated before the lord and I
asked him to please answer my and not to allow
my enemies have the last laugher on this matter. “Our story is that of Abraham and Sarah. I have
passed menopause and I have been looking
unto you if you did it for Sarah then you have to
give me strength to conceive. Even when
London Doctors in 2011 told me nothing could
be done. I knew that it is only him that can help me. But I focused on the lord. When they told
me that I was pregnant I ran the test and I was
pregnant and I said truly the Lord is faithful. I
scrammed and cried in the Hospital and
everyone there rose up in the same vain and
were giving thanks unto the lord. Since then the story has been from one testimony to another.
Our child was born on the October 10, 2013.” Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro
described the ex-minister as a man of faith
urging others waiting for the Lord to emulate the
family. His words: “He is my friend and he was the
Minister of State Interior. Something wonderful
has happened in the life of this family. For those
looking for a child they should have the spirit of
faith and patient. God works in a miraculous
ways. Most of the things that we require in live if not all God gives and he gives at his own
time. The birth of this child after so many years
of waiting is a lesson for all that before God no
time is late.” Among other dignities present at the ceremony
were, the Controller General of the Nigerian
Prisons Service (NPS), Mr. Zakari Ibrahim,
Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration
Service (NIS), Mr. David Paradan, former
Controller General of NPS, Olushola Ogundipe.