‘T.B. Joshua Made Me Quit Smoking’- Tonto Dike

T.B. Joshua and Tonto

If what Tonto Dike, popular Nollywood actress revealed on how she quit smoking is true, then there is indeed miracle still happening.

The former heavy smoker an interview with ‘E24-7’ entertainment magazine, said that she was miraculously healed of her addiction to smoking after laying hands on her Television while T.B. Joshua was praying on his Christian station: Emmanuel TV.

Here is the full account of her healing:

“I didn’t quit smoking by myself,” she narrated to Biodun Kupoluyi. “I was watching a program on TV with Prophet T.B. Joshua and

he was laying hands on people and praying for them. I love to watch his programs on Emmanuel TV. When he was praying, he said, ‘Lay your hands on the TV’ and I just laid my hands that day. I actually needed something else from God, not to quit smoking because I loved smoking! However, after praying I sat back and I think I slept off…When I woke up, I took a stick of cigarette and I felt crazy. I couldn’t even imagine that I took it up to smoke in the first place. It felt like poison!”

Tonto rose to fame after becoming the runner up in the Nigerian reality show, ‘The Next Movie Star’ in 2006, and since becoming famous, took up a very contradictory lifestyle that had a lot of mothers shaking their heads and wondering what kind of person she is.

According to Tonto, she started chain-smoking at the age of 13 and there seemed no signs of the habit waning.

She was so carefree with her smoking that when she was told of how her fans are concerned with the adverse health effect smoking has, she said, “If I want to smoke, I handle a stick of cigarette and I smoke it hard. It is my life I can decide to smoke myself to hell. It’s nobody’s business.”

She even lashed out at Van Vicker when cautioned about her the same habit. She instead replied, “My smoking habit doesn’t affect your life in anyway. If I die tomorrow, you’re not going to bury me. My father has the money to bury me. So, why are they talking about it?”

we were however surprised when in May 2012, Tonto tweeted to her over 80,000 followers on Twitter, ‘I’ve good news for those who wish me well. Its silly good news but ya’ll going to love this. I quit smoking!’

Of course the argument was whether it is for real or fake. Many said that it is not possible for her to stay a day without reaching out for the stick. Well, surprisingly, Tonto said she has stayed clean of smoking for 3 months running and would continue by the grace of God.

Speaking on T.B. Joshua’s positive influence in her life, she said, “I watch him every day, I write to him every time I can, I tweet on him. I think that he is a person that influences my life positively in a lot of ways just through the TV alone… I am following him because I think he is following Jesus. I just love him because he is a man of God and he has specially affected my life and my friends too.”

We are happy for her as she has just saved her life.

Meanwhile, while some people are happy and praising T.B. Joshua for being a real man of God, others are wondering why he is unable to intervene in all the disasters he always prophesies about.