Gunmen, on Friday, attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman along the Benin Auchi Road, Edo State.
It was gathered that the gunmen killed seven persons including three policemen in the attack.
It was leant that Suleman, who just returned from a foreign trip, was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen attacked his convoy.
The assailants were said to have killed three of the cleric’s police orderlies and four yet-to-be-identified persons.
Apostle Suleman confirmed the attack.
He said his wife and children were in the convoy when the gunmen opened fired.
He declared that nobody can kill him as his life is in the hand of God.
His words: “I just escaped an assassination attempt. They kept spraying bullets at my convoy. They killed policemen and others. Seven people were killed.
“The truth of the matter is that you can kill me. My life is in the hand of God.”
Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, said the cleric escaped death by a whisker.
“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 on Tuesday.
“He was returning to Auchi when the gunmen attacked him along Sabingida down to Warake area. Auchi shares direct boundary with Warake. So, he had passed Warake and was entering the boundaries of Auchi when the attack happened.”
Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Chuidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the attack.
He said six persons including policemen and Suleman’s drivers were killed.
The police spokesman said they are still trying to locate the whereabouts of a domestic staffer.
The police said one of the assailants was gunned down during the attack.
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