In connection with the attack on Johnson Suleman, senior pastor and general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Yusuf Isah, 32, has been arrested by the police.
In October 2022, gunmen in Edo State assaulted the cleric’s convoy on the Benin-Auchi Road, killing six people, including three police officers.
Speaking to reporters while parading the suspect in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said that after conducting a thorough investigation, members of the Intelligence Rapid Team were able to apprehend Isah.
He said that 180 live rounds, two K2 assault rifles, and five AK-47s were all found on the suspect.
He said, “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.”
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