The 30-year-old guy has been brought to the Yola Psychiatric Hospital for a mental health assessment. He had climbed a 33 kv high tension electrical pole in Mayo-Belwa, Adamawa, and had threatened to stay there until President Bola Ahmed Tinubu resigned.
Remember how Abdullahi Mohammed, a citizen of Taraba State, scaled a high-tension power pole on the Yola-Jalingo motorway last Friday morning, September 27, announcing that he would not descend until the Nigerian president left the presidential villa?
He stayed there until Saturday night, September 28, when the Adamawa Police Command spoke with nearby residents, who eventually persuaded him to leave. He was then apprehended by the police.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa Punch that Mohammed is undergoing psychiatric tests at a facility located inside the premises of the specialist hospital in Yola.
Nguroje said, “When the police from the Moyo-Belwa division rescued Abdullahi Mohammed, from the 33kv high tension electricity pole, some hard drugs were discovered on him including green leaves, which he confessed to be Indian hemp.”
He added, “The suspect further confessed during his interaction with the police that he takes Indian hemp and other hard drugs. He was behaving abnormal, so we had to take him to the psychiatric hospital for a detailed medical examination. We are still waiting for the medical result before we can take the next action.”
The command spokesman described the man’s behaviour as suicidal. He also mentioned that it is illegal in Nigeria to attempt suicide.
“You know attempting to commit su!cide is a criminal offence under our Constitution, so we are going to charge him to court.”
