Newsonline reports that the convoy of the Nigerian televangelist and the senior pastor and general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman was attacked on Friday, October 21.
This online news platform understands the Apostle Suleman Convoy attack happened at Warake road Auchi, Edo state, southern Nigeria, while the clergyman was in transit with his entourage.
Newsonline learnt that Apostle Suleman survived the attack on his convoy but his aides were not that lucky as some died during the attack which is believed to have been carried out in an attempt to kidnap Apostle Suleman.
Apostle Suleman’s vehicle which is said to be badly damaged had escaped narrowly with the rims as the tyres had been shot. There were fatalities with over 4 aides dying during the attack which is said to have been an attempted kidnapping.
An unconfirmed report indicates Apostle Suleman’s first daughter was shot during the attack on his convoy by unknown gunmen. It is unclear if the Apostle’s first daughter who was also shot survived the ordeal.
Confirming the Apostle Suleman Convoy attack in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, Dickson Omodiale Osajie, an International Certified Security Expert, and a Global Security Analyst, wrote: “Brethren, Apostle Johnson Suleman just got of the phone with me now. He escaped Assassin’s this afternoon Sadly his 7 members were all gone down. May God rest Their soul.”
The general overseer of Omega fire ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has confirmed the attack on his life by unknown gunmen this afternoon.
In a video which he shared shortly after the unfortunate incident, Apostle Suleman noted that the unknown gunmen waited just for him and shot at him directly.
Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, who confirmed the attack to our correspondent, said the cleric just returned from a program in Tanzania, adding that he escaped death by a whisker.
He said, “He was returning from a journey and he had almost on the shores of Auchi when some assassins attacked him. Three of his police orderlies, among others died. He travelled before and just finished a program in Tanzania.
“He was returning to Auchi when the gunmen attacked him along Sabingida down to Warake area, and Auchi shares direct boundary with Warake. So, he had passed Warake and was entering the boundaries of Auchi when the attack happened.”
A security expert, Dickson Osajie, who condemned the lack of security in the state, said the attack happened in broad daylight.
He said, “They attacked him (Suleman); seven people including a policeman were killed. The country is not safe; our can people move around with guns at the express and they are not detected. It is a disturbing situation.”
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Chuidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the attack.
He said six persons including policemen and Suleman’s drivers were killed, adding that efforts were on to locate the whereabouts of a domestic staff.
He also noted that one of the assailants was gunned down during the attack.
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