Police Parade Suspect Over Attack On Apostle Suleman

Police Parade Suspect Over Attack On Apostle Suleman

The Police have paraded a 32-year-old man identified as Yusuf Isah in connection with an attack on the Senior Pastor and General Overseer, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman.

Addressing journalists while parading the suspect in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi said operatives of the Intelligence Rapid Team arrested Isah following an intensive investigation.

He said five AK 47, two K2 assault rifles, and 180 live ammunition were recovered from the suspect.

He said, “Following an intensive investigation into the fatal attack on the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman, the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Auchi, on October 21, 2022, along with Benin police personnel, who were gruesomely murdered, Operatives of FIB-IRT on the trail Auchi road, wherein six people, including three of the assailants, apprehended one Yusuf Ismael Isah ‘m’, a native of Okene, Kogi State and a plumber, at Agbaraoluwa Phase 2 Ijoka, Akure, Ondo State and recovered five Ak47 Rifles, two K2 Assault rifles, 180 live ammunition and 4 suspected IEDs were found in his apartment.”

The suspect, while answering questions from journalists said he was among the people that attacked Apostle Suleman.

The PUNCH had reported that the cleric returned from a foreign trip and was heading for a destination in the state when the gunmen attacked his convoy along Benin–Auchi Road, Edo State, around 5 pm on October 21, 2022.

Credit: Punch

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