The 32 year old Yusuf Isah who was paraded by the police in Abuja has confessed that they were on a mission to assassinate the senior pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman.
The 32 year old Yusuf Isah who was paraded by the police in Abuja has confessed that they were on a mission to assassinate the senior pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman.
Yusuf Isah made the confession on Thursday at the FIB-IRT Base, Guzape, District, Abuja, when he was paraded in connection with the attack on Apostle Johnson Suleman convoy in Edo State.
It would be recalled that Isah and his gang of gunmen in October 2022, attacked the convoy of the pastor, along the Benin-Auchi Road in Edo State, and killed six persons including three policemen.
The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a press conference while parading the suspects said operatives of the Intelligence Rapid Team arrested Isah following an intensive investigation.
He said five AK 47, two K2 assault rifles, and 180 live ammunition were recovered from the suspect.
“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.” He stated.
Though the suspect explained that he doesn’t know the reason for the assassination but that he was the person who fired the shot at the convoy.