The convoy of popular cleric, Apostle Johnson Suleman has been attacked by gunmen on Friday evening
As at the time of filing this report, no fewer than four policemen, one driver and a lady are confirmed dead.
Apostle Johnson Suleman returned from a foreign trip and was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen attacked.
The news outlet reports that Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, who confirmed the attack said the cleric just returned from a programme in Tanzania, adding that he escaped death by a whisker.
He said:
“He was returning from a journey and he had almost gotten 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 programme in Tanzania day before yesterday. “He was returning to Auchi when the gunmen attacked him along Sabingida down to Warake area, and Auchi shares direct boundary with Warake. So, he had passed Warake and was entering the boundaries of Auchi when the attack happened.”
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