The chairman, Christian Association Of Nigeria CAN) has expressed astonishment over the unexpected change of the suspected suicide bomber’s name from Mohammed Sani to Nathaniel Samuel after he was handed over to the Police.

This is coming after the incident at Living Faith Church, where a suicide bomber was caught in the church with a bag containing explosive devices.

In addition to that news, there was a video making the rounds that the rounds where the man was asked his name and he mentioned that his name is “Nathaniel Samuel”.

Following the release of that video, Nigerians have taken to social media to express their disbelief and their notions that the video is staged managed.

In addition to Nigerians begging to differ on that video, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna branch has come out to confirm the suspicions of some Nigerians

According to the CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, The suspect had identified himself as Mohammed Sani when he was seized and was being questioned by the church that Sunday.

Rev. John expressed astonishment at the sudden change of the “Mohammed Sani” to “Nathaniel Samuel” after he was handed over to the Police

Also, he has called for careful investigation of the matter beyond the religion or claimed name change.

According to the cleric, he said:

“The church was in session when the young man came in, dropped his bag and exited as if he was going to the toilet, but didn’t come back in time. Some church members became suspicious. The church had put security measures in place such that they monitor everything going on in the church and they even have CCTV cameras”.

He added, “They discovered that what was in the bag looked like explosives, so they called the police. Let me state clearly that it was not the police that arrested him. It was the church that arrested him and then handed him over to the police.

He further went on to state that “The police came to pick him up at the church. At the time he was interrogated at the church, he told the church that his name was Mohammed Sani, but when he was handed over to the police, the police told everyone that his name was Samuel Nathaniel,” he added.

Speaking further, Rev. John has challenged the police of disappointing at effectively investigating and profiling suspects,

In addition to that, he stated that a few weeks ago, the force also arrested a gangster and erroneously displayed him as a pastor.

“This incident justifies the US’ decision to place visa restrictions on Nigerians. The US Government told us that one of the reasons for the visa ban was that Nigeria do not do proper background checks on people.

“So, a criminal can go to one part of Kaduna and bear John, travel to another part of the state and bear Abdullahi or Oluwole or Emeka and nobody will know. So, let us stop focusing on his name but his crime. A criminal is a criminal.

“There are now two versions, one from the church and one from the police.

Furthermore, he said; “I don’t care what his name is. All I know is that a criminal wanted to blow up a church and kill people. The police should find out who his sponsors are and not play politics with names.

Also, he recalled a similar incident from last week, he said; “Last week, a man was paraded by the police for faking his kidnap and identified as a pastor, only for us to find out he was never a pastor.

“I know Muslims that bear Paul, I know Christians that bear Mohammed. Our CAN chairman in Borno State is Mohammed Laga. I have a cousin that bears Mohammed Paul. So, let us not focus on the name but on the act of terrorism,” he said.

In the meantime, the Police in Kaduna has promised Nigerians that they would “thoroughly investigate” the matter.