The real identity of the would-be bomber of the Living Faith Church, (aka Winners Chapel) in Kaduna has been revealed.
According to a Kaduna-based pastor, simply called Azzaman, his real name if Mohammed Nasiru Sani.
Mohammed Sani had claimed that his name “Nathaniel Tanko” when he was caught with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sunday.
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ElombahNews, yesterday, reported that a young man was on Sunday caught an IED at the Sabon Tasha branch of the Living Faith Church in Kaduna.
The report said that this was not the first time the suspect was coming to the church, adding that just last week, he came but was sent away.
A source who is also a member of the church, as well as the Chief Security Officer of the parish, Ekpenyong Edet, said that the suspect was monitored on a CCTV Camera carrying the bag into the church auditorium.
Citing Azzaman as his source, former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode wrote on his tweeter handle:
“If anyone really believes that the individual that attempted to plant a bomb in Winners Chapel, Kaduna is a Christian and that his real name is Nathaniel Tanko they need to have their heads examined.
“He is actually a Hausa Fulani Muslim and his real name is Mohammed Nasiru Sani.”
In a second tweet, he wrote:
“The Kaduna bomb planter Mohammed Sani confessed to being forced in detention to bear Nathaniel Tanko in custody.
“He confirmed he is a Muslim and Fulani. He also claims an influential Muslim contracted him to bomb Living Faith Church in Kaduna”.
Just yesterday, Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God [RCCG] conducted a protest march against the killings in the land.
Pastor Adeboye is the General Overseer of RCCG where Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is also a Pastor.
In January, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria [CAN] in Adamawa was beheaded by Boko Haram terrorists.
According to a video which went viral online, they removed his clothes, put him in a sand pit, forced him to kneel in it and, with a swing of the sword, snapped off his head.
Last month, the President Donald Trump-led government of the United State placed Nigeria on its Watch List as a country notorious for persecuting and killing Christians for no just cause.