Three Policemen, Four Others Killed As Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman’s Convoy

There was panic along the Benin-Auchi road, Edo State when heavily gunmen shot at the convoy of the Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Suleman on Friday.

The attack claimed the lives of seven people including three policemen who were the cleric’s orderlies.

The incident was confirmed by the preacher’s lawyer, Samuel Amune.

Amune revealed that Suleman was on his way back from a foreign trip and was heading to his destination in Edo State when the gunmen attacked his convoy around the Auchi area of the state.

He said the cleric, who just escaped death by a whisker just returned from a program in Tanzania.

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He said, “He was returning from a journey and he had almost been 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 the Warake area, and Auchi shares a direct boundary with Warake. So, he had passed Warake and was entering the boundaries of Auchi when the attack happened.”

Reacting to the incident, a security expert, Dickson Osajie, condemned the lack of security in the state stressing that 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 domestic staff.

He also noted that one of the assailants was gunned down during the attack.