The Nigerian Police on Thursday paraded one of the suspects involved in the violent attack on Apostle Johnson Suleman’s convoy in October 2022, which killed many people.
The Force presented Yusuf Isah, 34, alongside 19 other suspects on Thursday in Abuja.
Heavily armed men ambushed the cleric in the Auchi area of Edo State, killing seven people on October 21, 2022.
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who talked to the press while escorting the suspect, revealed that Isah was the one who opened fire on the clergyman’s convoy initially.
He said;
“Operatives of the FIB on the trail of the assailants apprehended this suspect, Yusuf Isah, a native of Okene, Kogi State, at Agabara Oluwatobi Phase 2, A plumber, and recovered five AK-47, 2 K2 Assault rifles, 180 Live Ammunition, and four suspected IEDs found in his apartment.
Investigation revealed that the suspect was part of the seven-man gang responsible for the attack on the convoy of the Apostle and some of the rifles found in his possession were riffles snatched from the three police officers that were killed during the October 21, 2022 attack.”
According to authorities, Isah acknowledged to joining the group in 2021 after being released from Olokuta Correctional Service, where he had been detained for armed robbery.
The suspect, for his part, admitted and confessed that the mission’s goal was to assassinate the preacher.
He said:
“Actually, it was a case of assassination, but I don’t have the details of the operation. It was Ilaisu and Nabista that have the full information. I am the first person that pulled fire on the convoy of Apostle Suleiman”.
