The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide,
Apostle Johnson Suleman, has formally been invited by the Department of State
Services to appear at its National Headquarters in Abuja,
SUNDAY
PUNCH has learnt.
Our correspondent learnt on Saturday that the cleric was
invited for interrogation on Monday (tomorrow) by 10am, based on his recent
alleged inciting comments that Christians should defend themselves against
attacks by Fulani herdsmen.
“Suleman will be appearing before the DSS with about 30 lawyers because we
believe that his persecution has become politicised,” a source stated.
The invitation is coming four
days after Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State foiled attempts by the DSS to
arrest Suleman in his Hotel room at Ado-Ekiti.
The Christian Association of
Nigeria had also raised the alarm that Suleman “has become a refugee in Ekiti
State as security operatives are said to be searching every nook and cranny of
the state to arrest him.”
The DSS had reportedly invaded a
hotel in Ekiti where Suleman and his team, who were in the state capital for a
crusade, were accommodated.
Sources close to Suleman told SUNDAY
PUNCH that he had indicated
his intention to respond to the invitation.
When contacted, the clerics
Communications Adviser, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, confirmed the invitation, saying he
would appear before the DSS on Monday.
He said, “Yes, I can confirm to
you that he (Suleman) was officially invited and as a law-abiding citizen, he
will honour the DSS invitation on Monday. The invitation, though ludicrous and
an afterthought, is a welcome development.”
Reacting to the invitation,
former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Sunday Ola
Makinde, told SUNDAY PUNCH that
Nigeria should not be turned to a “police state.”
Makinde said, “He should be
law-abiding, let him go and face the DSS. Let us see if they will detain him
and they will detain so many religious leaders in Abuja.
“Nigeria is greater than any
religion and Nigeria is greater than anybody. The DSS should watch it. If they
like, let me be the next victim. What is annoying them is that Suleman
converted from Islam to Christianity.
“Self-defence is permissible;
they slapped our first cheek. They slapped the second cheek and we have no
other cheek to turn for them. We may therefore resort to self-defence because
this thing is becoming intolerable.”
The cleric is expected to tell
the DSS how President Muhammadu Buhari would face impeachment threats and how
Abuja would experience major fire explosion as contained in his predictions.
Suleman, according to a security
source is also expected to give an insight into his prediction that “Buhari will
be bereaved in 2017” and that the President’s “health needs attention.”
The security agency is also
expected to drill him on his prediction that “Forces in Aso Rock are planning
to poison current First Lady (Aisha Buhari).”
The security source said most of
the actions and predictions of the prophet could destabilise the country.
PUNCH
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