21st October, 2022
By Jethro Ibileke
Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries has confirmed that he was attacked by yet to be identified gunmen in Auchi, Edo State on Friday afternoon.
Suleman, who described the attack as an ‘assassination attempt’ claimed the gunmen waylaid his convoy and shot at him directly.
The controversial cleric who said this in a video, said his saving grace was the bullet proof vehicle he was riding in.
Suleman added that the bullet proof vehicle has the marks of the multiple bullets shot at him.
Reports had indicated that the convoy of the Auchi based preacher was attacked on Friday afternoon, with four policemen and two other persons killed.
According to an online blog based in Edo North, the incident along Auchi-Warake road, close to Auchi.
Besides the four police operatives who were security details, the two other victims were said to be a yet-to-be-identified lady and the driver of one of the vehicles in the convoy.
AfemaiReporters further reported that men of the Vigilante group at Ivbiaro, in Owan East Local Government of the state, later apprehended and lynched one of the suspected gunmen.
Another unconfirmed source also added that the hoodlums “have been apprehended by men of the Nigerian Army”, who allegedly chased after them immediately they got wind of the attack, and have been taken to the Auchi Police Area Command as at 6:47pm.
But this has not been confirmed.
As at the time of filling this report, the Edo State Police Command spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor could not pick calls made to him for confirmation, as he kept cutting the call.