The President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has shed light on the gunmen’s attack on his convoy that claimed the lives of three policemen and four others.
Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune spoke on the incident on Friday.
He said the cleric’s convoy was attacked along Benin–Auchi Road, Edo State while heading to a location in the state.
Amune said Suleman freshly returned from a trip to Tanzania.
“He was returning from a journey when some assassins attacked him. Three of his police orderlies, among others, died.
“He was returning to Auchi when the gunmen attacked him along Sabongida down to the Warake axis and Auchi shares a boundary with Warake.
“He had passed Warake and was entering the boundaries of Auchi when the attack happened,” The Punch quoted the lawyer to have said.
Suleman himself confirmed the attack in a video he shared via Twitter on Friday.
He described the incident as an “assassination” attempt.
“My car was attacked. They opened fire on my car and kept spraying bullets. My wife and kids were in the escort car in the front.
“They killed the police. They killed the other people on the other escort car and the buses with us. Seven people moving in the convoy were killed.
“People who did this are expecting me to come out and mention their names so they can come out and deny. I won’t do that. The truth of the matter is, you can’t kill me, my life is in the hand of God. I’m a man of God.’’
Suleman, who has been at the centre of many scandals in recent years, explained that many unsuspecting people join others to insult him on social media without knowing the real motives of those instigating the scandals against him.
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Jesus is Lord..The joy of the wicked is temporal..Lies didn’t work,they resorted to guns..Psalms 27.2..
May the souls of the departed Rest In Peace..Jesus is Lord.. pic.twitter.com/v08MlhZfYf
— Apst Johnson Suleman (@APOSTLESULEMAN) October 21, 2022
Confirming the attack on Suleman’s convoy, Spokesman of the police in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor said it occurred in Auchi around 5pm on Friday.
He said that six persons were killed, including the policemen and Suleman’s drivers, while the whereabouts of the cleric’s domestic worker who was in the convoy remained a mystery.
“The attack is confirmed. It was done around 5pm in Auchi. They travelled from Benin and were already at Auchi when they were given a hot chase and surprisingly they (hoodlums) shot at their vehicles. Three policemen were murdered; two of his drivers were killed; one domestic female worker killed and they are still searching for the other domestic female worker. As we speak, Apostle Johnson Suleman is safe. One of the hoodlums was gunned down and one of the vehicles was recovered,” Nwabuzor said.
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