Apostle Johnson Suleman escaped death within the whiskers along the Benin Auchi Road, Edo State,as gunmen on Friday opened fire in his convoy.
Though, the cheric survived the ambush seven persons including three policemen were reported killed in the incident.
It gathered that Suleman returned from a foreign trip and was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen attacked his convoy around the Auchi area of the state.
During the attack, the gunmen reportedly opened fire on his convoy, allegedly killing three of his police orderlies ,one driver and the cleric’s little daughter anongst the victims
Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, who confirmed the attack said the cleric just returned from a programme in Tanzania, adding that he escaped death by a whisker.