Apostle Johnson Suleman, the popular Nigerian cleric, whose convoy was attacked on Friday October 21, has spoken for the first time since the bloody incident, saying he knows those who carried it out.
He spoke in an online video, which has gone viral.
TC reported that Suleman’s convoy was attacked on Friday evening on his way to Auchi, Edo State, South South Nigeria, where the headquarters of his church, Omega Fire Ministry (OFM) is located.
He was returning from Tanzania where he held a programme when the convoy was attacked just before Auchi leading to the death of seven persons, including three policemen.
In the video, the cleric who looked flustered gave an account of what happened and how he escaped alongside his wife and children who were in the same vehicle with him.
Suleman, who traced his chain of trouble to 2017, said the incident was a clear assassination attempt on his 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 it with bullets including the bus behind me. My wife and my kids were there,” he said.
“The escort car was behind. They killed the policeman and some other people in the car, seven people. We were all moving in a convoy. People who did this are expecting me to come out and mention their names so they will deny. I won’t do that.”
Read the full account by the cleric
Since 2017 there are certain things that have been happening that I have been quiet about. Even if you are the most careless somebody on earth, you will not give yourself to so much scandals. There are things people don’t know even though some people have taken advantage of that.
The reason I am coming out to talk now is that they have done all that and have since discovered I am still moving on. Now they have decided to make 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 it with bullets including the bus behind me. My wife and my kids were there.
The escort car was behind. They killed the policeman and some other people in the car, seven people. We were all moving in a convoy. People who did this are expecting me to come out and mention their names so they will deny. I won’t do that.
But the truth of the matter is this, you can’t kill me. My life is in the hands of God. I am a man of God. And those who are among those attacking me, you are building on what you don’t understand. You have joined the fora because you want to chase clout, but you don’t know where the fight started from.
There are things you don’t understand. You don’t have an idea of what began in 2017. The people who are behind it. I am alive for those who have been calling, 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 departed rest in peace. For the young men who opened fire and keep wasting people, I won’t take your life. But the seed that you sow you will reap it. I want Nigerians to know that a coordinated lie swallows an uncoordinated truth. With time the truth will come out.”