Huhuonline.com understands that the convoy of President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman was attacked by gunmen along Benin–Auchi Road, Edo State on friday. .
Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, who confirmed the attack, informed that the the cleric just returned from a programme in Tanzania, adding that he escaped death by a whisker, but three cops and four others were killed.
He said, “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.”
Reacting to the incident in a video posted on his Twitter handle on Friday, Suleman said that he escaped an assassination attempt on his life, noting that seven lives were lost to the attack.
He said, “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.
DPO Removed
The Divisional Police Officer of Auchi Division, Edo State, CSP Ayodele Suleiman, has been removed by the state Commissioner of Police, AIG Abutu Yaro, following the death of the suspect allegedly involved in the attack of the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleman’s convoy.
His removal was disclosed in a statement by the Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu. According to her, the DPO’s withdrawal was part of the measures to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of one of the surviving members of the gang that attacked the convoy and that he is to report at the state police command for debriefing.
The statement read, “The outgoing CP now AIG Abutu Yaro has ordered the withdrawal of CSP Ayodele Suleiman, DPO Auchi for debriefing at the State Headquarters with immediate effect.
“We urged members of the public to remain calm and patient, assuring that no stone would be left unturned to unearth the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
