second lady who claimed to have been in
a sexual relationship with Johnson
Suleman, the embattled overseer of
Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, has
been deactivated for violating the
medium’s policies which included nudity,
The lady, who identified herself as Queen
Esther, said she began a relationship with
Mr. Suleman (popularly known as Apostle
Suleman) in 2013 before a “catastrophic
break-up” a year later.
Ms. Esther’s claims came two days after a
Canada-based singer, Stephanie Otobo,
told journalists of her alleged amorous
affair with Mr. Suleman.
The preacher denies all the allegations.
On Sunday, he barred members of his
congregation from further publicly
commenting on the incident.
‘It wasn’t me’
After PREMIUM TIMES published Ms.
Esther’s claims on Sunday, the lady
contacted this newspaper to query why it
would report that she had no evidence
against Mr. Suleman.
She requested that a follow-up story be
published to reflect that she has evidence
of their affair, a request that was turned
down.
“I saw all that was written on the
internet, although it is a true story, of
which it’s the reality of what is going on
now in my life,” Ms. Esther said on
telephone on Monday.
“If my family were going about bringing
out such stories, you should have at least
waited before publishing it. Because this
is going to attract all kinds of assault to
me right now. And going to say that
there’s no evidence….it’s just too much.”
A top official of the Kaduna State
government had confirmed to PREMIUM
TIMES that it received an e-mail from Ms.
Esther seeking its protection against Mr.
Suleman and “his team of magicians.”
Following a PREMIUM TIMES request to
Ms. Esther to authenticate the e-mail to
the Kaduna State government, an e-mail
was received on Sunday stating that she
did, indeed, wrote to the government
seeking its protection.
But Ms. Esther told PREMIUM TIMES on
Monday that she didn’t send any of the e-
mails.
“The email sent to you, it wasn’t really
me that wrote it, it’s my cousin,” she said.
“I want to ask you for a favour. I’m
actually sick and all that began from the
whole story you have heard. It’s my
cousin and my uncle that went about
doing all that and it’s just as the whole
thing is out that I’m now told. And I want
to take it up from here.
“It wasn’t me that wrote to the Kaduna
State government…I’m telling you
honestly, this issue has been dragging
since 2014, between me and my family
and Apostle Suleman and his family since
2014. The reason why I think they were so
frustrated to go to this extent, writing
these things is because all their pleas to
Apostle Suleman to release me from his
bondage has fallen on deaf ears.
“It is evident that all that I’m suffering
now started from the time he …. and his
threat messages are in my phone. He
threatened that I will die…I don’t know
who he’s talking bout that will die, but he
actually sent all those threat messages to
my phone.
“What did I do to Apostle Suleman? That I
said I don’t want to be in the church
again.That being in the church is risky to
me and besides whatever relationship
that existed between him and I wasn’t
really…I didn’t go into it out of… all
because I had a problem and he took
advantage of that.
“So what I’m trying to say is that
whatever you have put out there, you
have to go back and put that there is
evidence to prove that he actually
threatened me and from the day he
threatened me, all these I’m suffering
began.”
PREMIUM TIMES requested Ms. Esther to
produce any voice recording or text
message from Mr. Suleman, but she
insisted a story stating that she had
evidence be published first.
“You need to do whatever you have to do
to make anybody who’s trying to criticise
this story to understand that I’m the one
involved and I have evidence.
“If they have come out to publish
something without my consent, I’m the
one who have to defend it all and at least
I can offer and provide evidence that this
man actually threatened me. If he doesn’t
want to heal me I don’t know what wrong
I did to him.
“He has to be able to tell the whole world
why he said I will die. What I did in 2014
other than say I don’t want to continue in
this relationship and that I want to leave
the church. I don’t think that’s a crime.”
On why her uncle and cousin are using
her e-mail account, Ms. Esther said they
know everything about her because they
had been taking care of her since her
illness.
“The evidence is in the text message.
Johnson Suleman is too smart to call me
on phone to say all those things because
he knows his voice can be recorded. But
since the evidence he wrote it in a text
message and sent to me, times without
number, I can only quote from the text
message, sent directly from his number.”
Two hours after PREMIUM TIMES’ request
for a text message evidence, Ms. Esther
called back to say, “The text messages are
on my old phone and we have taken it to
a repairer,” a contradiction of her earlier
e-mail claim that the messages
disappeared mysteriously.
“We are going to court on the matter and
we’ll provide our evidence in court,” she
said.
On Sunday, Ms. Esther had turned down
PREMIUM TIMES’ request to produce her
photograph – or her real identity – saying
she wanted to first get the support of the
Kaduna State government, to protect her
from possible attacks from Mr. Suleman.
On Monday, a caller who claimed to be
Ms. Esther’s cousin, called to lambast
PREMIUM TIMES over its report on the
incident.
“You people have made a mess of the
case we are even trying to package out,”
said the cousin who didn’t reveal her
name.
“Even if the Kaduna State government
said they are not getting involved in the
matter, why did you have to write it in
the whole thing? Why not put the whole
story out and exempt the government?
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