Nathaniel Samuel, the 30-year-old suspected suicide bomber arrested on Sunday with explosives at the Sabon Tasha branch of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, has revealed that he was given the explosives at an event he went to in Sabo area of the state.
The suspect who claimed to be a decorator however debunks the claim that he was caught with an explosives by claiming he was given fireworks.
Nathaniel Samuel also confessed that he is indeed a Christian.
The Kaduna State Police Command on Sunday arrested a suspected suicide bomber inside a church located at Sabon Tasha in Chukun Local Government Area of the state
Following the failed attack on the church, there were reports on social media that the suspect was not a Christian but a Muslim.
But the suspect while being paraded before newsmen at the Kaduna state police command on Monday said his name is Nathaniel and not Mohammed Nasiru Sani as being speculated. Nathaniel said he was even meant to be a pastor as he had previously attended the Leadership and Training Institute of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Word of Faith Bible Institute.
My name is Nathaniel Samuel. In fact, I am supposed to be a pastor at the Living Faith Church because I did the Word of Faith Bible Institute.’ ”There is no way by accident that my name is Mohammed. My name is Nathaniel”
“I was in the church service early in the morning for the first service, I went at around past 8, while I was listening to the sermon all of a sudden I had a stomach ache and decided to use the toilet.
“A day before then I went for an event at Sabo was some of us were given fireworks not explosives. I’m not a suicide bomber but a decorator.”