Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman, Kill Policemen, Others.


Armed gunmen on Friday evening ambushed the motorcade of the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) International, Senior Apostle Johnson Suleman, killing some people on his convoy.

But, the Police say the clergyman is alive, one person remains unaccounted for.

A local who spoke to africafirstnews.com on telephone claimed that six bodies including; four policemen, one driver and a lady on the convoy were lying lifeless at the scene of the gruesome attack.

The incident is said to have happened on the Warake road in Auchi, Edo State.

A Twitter user, @iamoodickson is quoted as having written: “Apostle Johnson Suleman just got off the phone with me new.

He escaped Assassins this afternoon. Sadly his 7 members were all gunned down.”

The Police in Edo State have confirmed the attack, though it gave the number of those killed as; three Policemen, two civilian drivers and one female domestic staff of the clergyman.

Edo Police Command spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor said the Auchi Police Division was already trailing the hoodlums after gunning down one of the suspected attackers.