Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries International has said he knows the gunmen that fired live rounds at his convoy and killed seven people.
After narrowly escaping an assassination on Thursday evening in Auchi, a university community about 140 kilometres northeast of Benin, the Edo State capital, Mr Suleman released a short video in which he alleged that there have been attempts to kill him since 2017.
The preacher, who had just returned from a mission in Tanzania, explained that gunmen fired shots directly at the vehicle conveying him and his family, but he survived with his wife and children; while seven people in the convoy, including at least three police officers, were killed. It was unclear how many security aides were in the convoy.
Peoples Gazette had earlier reported that gunmen attacked the convoy of Mr Suleman around 5:00 p.m. on Friday in what seemed a botched abduction attempt. But police and other sources said the attackers were…
