Why assassins were after my life – Apostle Suleman reveals

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), Apostle Johnson Suleman, has revealed the reason behind the assassination attempt on his life.

According to Apostle Suleman, the assassins were sent after him, after he allegedly rejected a bag of money offered to him by some unnamed ministers.

He noted that these politicians were not pleased with his condemnation of the several killings in the country.

Recall that on October 21, 2022, the clergyman's convoy was attacked at 5:45 p.m. on Warrake-Auchi Road in Edo North Senatorial District. This attack led to the killing of seven persons, including three police inspectors.

He said: “In 2017, some ministers called me to Abuja after I spoke against the killings on a national scale, and they sat me down, threw a bag of money, and they said to me, take this and shut up.

“They threw out an AK-47 (rifle), they threw out a newspaper, and they said take the money or you go by these two (AK-47 rifle and newspaper).

“I told them that I did not understand what they meant. They said if I did not do that (make the choice of money), in the next one year, we would make sure that in this country (Nigeria), you would not hold the microphone again. Keep your mouth shut.

“I said to them I never knew what I said was actually a big deal, now I want to start talking. I said if you wanted to come for me, please you were very free to bother yourselves, because I would keep talking, and I kept on speaking.”

Following the killing of an arrested suspects of the assassination, by a police officer, Apostle Suleman, claims it was a cover-up, as he called on security chiefs in Nigeria to ensure thorough investigation and diligent prosecution to serve as a deterrent to other criminally-minded persons.

Several individuals have since condemned the assassination attempt of the life of the Apostle.

Some of them include, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; Sonia Ighalo and other Nigerian celebrities.

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