BEVERLY HILLS, March 11, (THEWILL) – The embattled General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman has alleged that human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo “and his paymasters” have concluded plans to clone his voice in a forthcoming video on the purported marriage between the pastor and a Canada-based stripper, Stephanie Otobo.
The cleric also claimed that there were plots to kill or terribly harm Ms. Otobo in a bid to frame him or his agents as being responsible for the heinous act.
A statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Suleman’s Communications Manager, Phrank Shaibu, indicated that Keyamo and his paymasters were bent on nailing the preacher for daring to stand against and speak up against the ploy by leaders of a section of the country against Christians.
This statement was released same day that the 23-year-old Otobo, who had accused the pastor of impregnating and dumping her, via two letters written and signed by Keyamo, provided lurid details of her alleged amorous affair with Suleman.
At a press conference convened at Keyamo’s Lagos office on Friday, Otobo claimed that her relationship with Suleman involved a lot of sex.
But Suleman had denied all the allegations, even as he demanded N1bn from Keyamo “for all the injuries inflicted on him,” as well as a retraction of all the allegations within seven days.
The latest statement from the cleric partly reads, “We have it on good authority that some persons have been in a hotel in Lagos where they are daily undergoing voice training and learning how to speak like Apostle Suleman. Others are also recreating scenes and editing video clips to give the impression that our Senior Pastor is involved. All in a bid to nail him.”
Shaibu therefore urged Nigerians to regard the videos when they become public as counterfeit, adding that the plan by Keyamo and his paymasters to silence Suleman and thereby annihilate Christians in the country would fail.
“Is it a coincidence that the so called scandal is coming up no soon after Apostle Suleman spoke against the persecution of Christians in Kaduna? Why is a matter purportedly perpetrated since 2015 coming up now. And who is paying for the high intrigue and drama daily injected into the process?” he asked.
The spokesman expressed worry that Ms Otobo may be killed or severely harmed as a ditch effort to implicate Apostle Suleman giving that all other plans to nail him has failed abysmally.
“That is our fear. That they would not be patient to allow the courts do their job. Infact, they have not even gone to court. They are not ready to wait for the truth to come out. We are reliably informed that they may kill her or cause severe bodily harm and turn round to say that it is our pastor that did it. We cannot put anything past them at this stage,” he declared.
Shaibu reiterated the determination of Suleman to defend his name and that of the church from attack by agents of Satan, pointing out that what is happening now did not come as a surprise to the ministry.
“When Archbishop Olubunmi Okogie spoke forcefully against misrule of government, the military authorities unsuccessfully tried to nail him with a woman. When Pastor Tunde Bakare could not be cowed by an unpopular administration, they also tried to do same to him. So it is consistent for the same evil men to want to shut up Apostle Suleiman as a critical voice of reason against the persecution of Christians in a section of the country,” he argued.
