Just In: Police Arrest Suspect Over Assassination Attempt On Apostle Suleman

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The police have apprehended a 32-year-old man, Yusuf Isah, believed to be involved in the attack on the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman.

Naija News recalls that in October 2022, an armed group attacked the pastor’s convoy along the Benin-Auchi Road in Edo State.

The assault which was alleged as an assassination attempt, resulted in six deaths, including three police officers.

The Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, reported the arrest during a press briefing in Abuja.

Adejobi stated that the Intelligence Rapid Team conducted a thorough investigation leading to Isah’s arrest.

The police managed to recover five AK 47 and two K2 assault rifles, along with 180 live rounds of ammunition from the suspect.

He said, “Following an intensive investigation into the fatal attack on the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman, the senior pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Auchi, on October 21, 2022, along with Benin police personnel, who were gruesomely murdered, the operatives of FIB-IRT on Auchi road comprising 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.”

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