Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has arrested Yusuf Ismael Isah for attacking the convoy of Omega Fire Ministries founder, Apostle Johnson Suleman.

He said: “The attack on Suleman was to assassinate him. I was not part of the discussion; Ilayasu and Labisca were the ones involved in the discussion.”

“I don’t know the person that ordered the assassination of Suleman.”

Sources said two members of the seven-man gang were gunned down in separate encounters with the police and the other four are at large.

Isah, a native of Okene, Kogi State and a plumber, at Agbaraoluwa Phase 2 Ijoka, Akure, Ondo State was arrested with five Ak47 rifles, two K2 assault rifles, 180 live ammunition and four suspected IEDs all found in his apartment.

Force public relations officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said investigations revealed that the suspect was part of the 7-man gang responsible for the attack on the convoy of the Apostle and some of the rifles found in his possession were in fact rifles snatched from the three police officers slain during the October 21, 2022 attack.

Isah told journalists that he and his gang members trailed the pastor to the point where he was attacked with five AK 47 riffles.

Apostle Suleman was attacked on October 21, 2022 on Benin-Auchi Road, wherein six people, including three police personnel were murdered.