Police said it has arrest one of the 7- man gang that launched attack a fatal attack on the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Auchi, on October 21, 2022.
During the attack along Benin – Auchi road, six (6) people, including 3 police officers, were gruesomely murdered.
One of the suspected assailant, Yusuf Ismael Isah aged 32, a plumber from Okene, Kogi State, by gallant was arrested by operatives of the Force
According to a statement by the Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, intelligence revealed that the 7-man syndicate has been actively involved in kidnapping operations within Edo State and its environs and have carried out about 4 kidnapping operations between 2021 and 2023, before the gang was eventually busted by the Police.
Exhibits recovered from the suspect upon his arrest in Ondo State include 5 AK47 Rifles, 2 K2 Assault Rifles, 180 Rounds of Live Ammunition, 4 suspected locally made IEDs, 1 pistol, and 4 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
