According to Punch,thirty lawyers will
accompany Johnson Suleman, general
overseer of Omega Fire Ministries
Worldwide, to the Abuja headquarters of
the Department of State Services (DSS).
He is expected to appear before the
secret police by 10 am on Monday.
Phrank Shaibu, communication adviser
to the pastor, confirmed the invitation,
saying he would honour it.
“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,” PUNCH
quoted Shaibu as saying.
“The invitation, though ludicrous and an
afterthought, is a welcome
development.”
The newspaper added that a source
disclosed that Suleman had the intention
of going to the office of the DSS with 30
lawyers.
“Suleman will be appearing before the
DSS with about 30 lawyers because we
believe that his persecution has become
politicised,” the source reportedly said.
The agency invited the fiery cleric after
its bid to arrest him failed.
Earlier in the week, DSS operatives
trailed him to the hotel where he lodged
after a crusade in Ekiti state, but
Suleman quickly reached out to Ayodele
Fayose, governor of Ekiti, who
intervened on his behalf.
Suleman had ordered his security aides
to kill any Fulani herdsman that attempts
to attack his church.
Responding to the attempt to arrest
Suleman, the Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) vowed to resist any plot to
turn the country into a refugee camp for
Christians.
“Treating ministers of God and our
members as common criminals is
unacceptable to the Christian Association
of Nigeria (CAN),” the association had
said in a statement.
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