Police authorities in Abuja, Nigeria have arrested Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau, who attempted suicide as a protest against the country’s severe socio-economic hardship. On Monday, Yushau climbed a 120ft mast at ASO Radio in the Katampe area of the nation’s capital, threatening to take his own life.
“With much professional persuasion from the police operatives, the man later identified as Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau was prevented from taking his own life,” the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, said in a late Monday statement. “He claimed to have been observing the mast for about a week before deciding to climb it. The suspect is presently in police custody and in stable condition.”
Adeh added, “Further development will be communicated in due course.”
Yushau is the second Nigerian in recent years to have threatened to take his own life due to the country’s economic conditions. In 2018, Nurudeen Lliyasu climbed a telecommunication mast in the nation’s capital, vowing to take his life due to hardship.
