The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau has been arrested and detained for attempted suicide.
Yushau climbed a broadcast mast owned by Aso Television and Radio in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday.
The man had climbed the mast to protest against insecurity and hardship in the country.
The FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said Yushau confessed that he had been observing the mast for about a week before deciding to climb.
She said, “Following a distress call from concerned citizens about a young man who climbed a very high mast with a placard at ASO Radio in Katampe at about 09:10 a.m, the operatives of the FCT Police Command swiftly mobilised to the location.
“With much professional persuasion from the police operatives, the man later identified as Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau was prevented from taking his own life.
“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.”
Yushau from Maiduguri, Borno State, had dropped a handwritten note, demanding an end to issues of insecurity in parts of the North East and the North West.
Making his nine points demands from the government, the man said, “On behalf of fellow Nigerians, I demand the following: Government should return fuel subsidy, government should declare state of emergency in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kaduna, Niger and Borno on insecurity (sic) matters and take immediate action to clear those terrorism (sic) in the above listed state and the country at large.
“Government should open borders for food impartation in order to eradicate food shortages in the country and the government should immediately respond to the problem of out of school children which is increasing rapidly.
“These are the major Nigerian (sic) problems and I’m ready to sacrifice my life for the solutions to them. I’m calling for (sic) fellow Nigerians to join me in this riot.”
The Acting Director-General of the FCT Emergency Management Department, Mrs. Florence Wenegieme, who was at the scene, persuaded him to come down from the mast, which he eventually did.
He was taken to the FEMD office, where the police took custody of him.