THREE COBS, FOUR OTHERS OF APOSTLE JOHNSON SULEMAN'S KILLED IN ASSAULT

Shooters on Friday went after the guard of the President, Omega Fire Services Around the world, Missionary Johnson Suleman, along Benin-Auchi Street, Edo State, and killed three police and four others.

It was assembled that the priest got back from an unfamiliar outing and was setting out toward an objective in the state when the shooters went after his escort.

Suleman's legal counselor, Samuel Amune, who affirmed the assault, said the minister just got back from a program in Tanzania, adding that he got away from death just barely.

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.”

Responding to the occurrence in a video posted on his Twitter handle on Friday, Suleman said that he got away from a death endeavor on his life, noticing that seven lives were lost to the assault.

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.

“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.’’

Remarking on the occurrence, a security master, Dickson Osajie, denounced the absence of safety in the state, particularly as the assault occurred without really trying to hide.

He said, "They attacked him (Suleman); seven people were killed. The country is not safe. How can people move around with guns on the expressway and they are not detected? It is a disturbing situation.”

Reached for his response regarding this situation, the state police representative, Chidi Nwabuzor, affirmed the assault.

He said six people, including cops and Suleman's drivers, were killed, adding that endeavors were continuous to find the whereabouts of the pastor's homegrown laborer.

Nwabuzor expressed, "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.’’