There was never bomb in Living Faith Church Kaduna in 2020 – CAN

The chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Northern Nigeria, Rev John Hayab, has clarified that there was never a bomb at the Living Faith Church, Kaduna in 2020, but a misinformation of facts.

Speaking at the burial of the suspect, Nathaniel Samuel, who recently died in Kaduna, Hayab explained that the young man went to the church with fireworks, which he could not take home after attending a wedding the previous day.

According to him, “The boy, a suspected bomber, went to a wedding with the fireworks on Saturday, and the wedding lasted too long, he left, he could not carry it in the night and chose to go back on Sunday in the morning to carry it along with him. When he picked it, he went to church with it and when he wanted to urinate, he left it to go and ease himself.

“On sighting it, alarm was raised that it was a bomb, and the police took it, did a thorough search on the boy, but later learnt that it was not a bomb but fireworks, but because it was a national issue, the police could not keep the boy in Kaduna; he was transferred to Abuja.”

The CAN chairman explained that after a thorough check, the police did not find anything to incriminate him but had to set him free.

Hayab stated that people need to be thorough in everything they do in order to be sure of what they are doing and not end up putting innocent souls in pain for something they know nothing about.

He explained that after the boy was set free, it was discovered that the boy was into drugs and needed to be rehabilitated, stressing that he helped in taking the boy to a rehabilitation centre and later took him to a mechanic shop to learn a trade.

Hayab said that it was because he was involved with the boy’s rehabilitation up to the time he died that he agreed to conduct his burial with the information he knew about him.

According to Hayab, “In spite of the challenges the boy went through, he struggled to ensure he made a living and was a man of himself in life.”

He reiterated that there was never a bomb in Living Faith Church, Kaduna but a lack of proper clarification to ascertain what the boy carried that day to church, believing that it was nothing incriminating but just fireworks.

Representatives of Pastors from the Living Faith Church attended the burial of Nathaniel Samuel confirming the deceased as a member of the church in Kaduna.

There was never bomb in Living Faith Church Kaduna in 2020 – CAN