A cleric, Prophet Martins John Oni, has raised the alarm over a threat to his life.

He said it was over a pending case at the Court of Appeal.

In a petition to the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos, Oni urged the police to urgently investigate the case.

According to him, there was an assassination attempt, kidnapping and threat to his life at his residence on 48, Erelu Damisa Street, Ijeshatedo, Surulere by a group of thugs holding sway in the area.

In the petition written on his behalf by his counsel, Chief Nestor Okawarauba, Oni said the thugs stormed his residence in the early hours of November 29.

The cleric said his assailant accused him of refusing to surrender his property on Plot 15, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Ijeshatedo Surulere, which is a subject of litigation at Appeal Court in Lagos

The petitioner claimed that the assailants came in an unmarked Suzuki bus, a Volkswagon Jetta and a Toyota Camry.

He said they remained on his premises from 6 am to 6 pm, while the group leader shot into the air and boasted that their mission was to kidnap and kill him.

The petitioner said the assailants did not meet him at home on their first call, but knocked at his door, made some incantations and left, promising to return.

Oni said the hoodlums returned on December 1 and laid a siege to the residence, shooting and threatening to remain there until they succeed in their abduction attempt.

The counsel claimed that Oni and members of his family have been forced to flee their home and now live in fear as the thugs and their leader were capable of carrying out the threat.

Okawarauba stressed that Oni had not done any wrong to warrant such an attempt on his life.

He blamed those he described as land grabbers who want to take over his client’s land.

The lawyer urged the AIG to direct immediate investigation into the matter as his client has now gone into hiding to protect himself from attack. (Courtesy The Nation)

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