A young man has been arrested with a substance, suspected to be an improvised explosive device (IED) at the Sabon Tasha branch of the Living Faith Church, Kaduna.
Mr. Ekpenyong Edet, who said he is the Chief Security officer of the Church confirmed this to Journalists.
He said the suspect was already seated inside the Church auditorium while service was ongoing with a bag carrying the explosives.
“He was monitored on a CCTV Camera, carrying bag into the church auditorium,” he said.
According to the Security Officer, the suspect successfully gained access and was seated before he was suspected and the bag searched, only to find the explosive device.
Edet who said he was not in a position to hand out details to the press, appealed to our correspondent to wait to get details from the presiding pastor when the service was over.
He however, said the suspect had been handed over to the police and moved to the Sabon Tasha Division of the Nigeria Police Force.
An officer at the station confirmed to our correspondent that the suspect had actually been brought there, when we went to get more details, but directed us to speak to the Police Public RelationscOfficer (PPRO).
The PPRO as at time of filing this report wasn’t yet to respond to inquiries from Our Correspondence.