Mind-boggling revelations may come in the days ahead as the attacks on Apostle Johnson Suleman opens up on why he was attacked by gunmen who killed seven persons in his convoy on Friday
Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministry has confirmed the attack on his convoy.
Some gunmen had ambushed the cleric’s convoy on Warake road in Auchi, Edo State on Friday evening, killing seven persons including police officers.
It was learnt that the cleric returned from a programme in Tanzania, heading for a destination in the state when the gunmen attacked his convoy.
Confirming the incident, in a live video on his Facebook page, Apostle Suleman lamented that he has been going through some tough times but said he cannot be killed.
He confirmed that the incident was an assassination attempt but vowed not to mention the names of those behind the attack.
In his statement, Suleman disclosed he has idea of those behind the attacks.
He traced the genesis of the attack to 2017 and advised the gunmen that attacked his convoy not to dabble into what they did not understand.
He said, “Since 2017, there are things happening that I have been quiet about. Even if you are the most careless person on earth, you will not give yourself to so many scandals.
“There are things happening that people don’t know, even though one or two persons take advantage of it along the line. The reason I’m coming out to speak now is because they have done all that and discovered that I’m still moving on.
“They decided to make an attempt on my life. I just escaped an assassination attempt where seven people were killed.
“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.
“The people who did this are expecting me to come out and mention their names so that they can deny it but I won’t do that.
“But the truth of the matter is this, you can’t kill me. My life is in the hand of God, I am a man of God and those who are attacking me, you are holding on to what you don’t understand. You may have joined the fora because you want to chase cloud but you don’t know where the fight started.
“There are things you don’t understand. You don’t even have an idea of the beginning of what happened in 2017 and the people that are behind it.
“You are just doing your own thing. But it is beyond what you are thinking.
“I am alive for those who have been calling. I am well, my family is fine.
“I feel bad for the lives that have been taken. We are mourning but Jesus is Lord.
“May the souls of those who were killed rest in peace.
“And for the young men who opened fire and kept wasting people, I won’t take your life. But the seed that you have sown, you will reap it.
“I want Nigerians to know that a coordinated lie swallows an uncoordinated truth . With time the truth will come out”.