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| Climbing higher |
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| Rescue team persuades Musa to come down from the mast |
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| Police accompany Musa after he climbs down from the mast |
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| Musa Dalhatu after he climbs down from the mast |
A middle-aged man identified as Musa dalhatu yesterday afternoon climbed up the telecommunications mast at the premises of Federal High Court in Abuja, threatening to jump down and kill himself.
He said he would come down only if he sees the Acting Inspector General of Police or former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who allegedly owes him some money.
According to an eye witness who requested anonymity, Mr. Dalhatu arrived at the premises around 12.00 pm to lodge a complaint and submit a document to the court in which he alleged Abubakar’s indebtedness to him.
The event took a dramatic turn as the mystery man began to ascend the mast immediately the rescue agencies arrived.
"We just saw him climbing the mast and when we asked him to stop he continued to go higher and higher," the eyewitness said.
According to another eyewitnesses account, Mr Dalhatu had ignored appeals from people who saw him climbing the mast around noon. He threw a note down, claiming he climbed the mast because he wanted people to intervene in a dispute between him some prominent Nigerians.
Security agents had a hectic time trying to control the crowd that gathered to watch the spectacle.
Those around the mast were initially gripped with fear thinking that the climber went up with a bomb.
It took the persuasion of NEMA and other security operatives, to make mr musa come down from the mast.
It will be interesting if media could dig out what caused Mallam Musa to take this decisive action by trying to kill himself just for his voice to be heard.
ReplyDeletei sure hope this his act will eventually get his money back
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ReplyDeleteAre u sure it was just someone owing him? He should thank His God that the mast had grips(step)which helped him climb up to the point where his liver cut. maybe hes a suicide bomber, who knows....
ReplyDeleteWhoa!! After seeing the headling I was like "let him jump!" but on reading the story, I am glad he didn't. I just hope he gets his money back (sigh). And I 100% agree with Anonymous, it would be interesting to dig out the raw facts on the incident.
ReplyDeleteOver to you, Abubakar Atiku - the millionaire
ReplyDeleteEven the rich owe the poor nawaoo, this is wickedness on the high level. hmmmn Atiku oni gbese
ReplyDeleteAssuming its true,What for God's sake is 15m to Atiku that he will make someone want to commit suicide? For the man to go that far, it is obvious he has been frustrated beyond measure. The ''Rich'' are mostly wicked and greedy. The find it more difficult to release money than the poor except where they want to receive cheap popularity. They can never give in secret to receive God's blessing. Infact they will wish to grab the little that the common man has. That is even actually why they are so rich.Their end is however like that of ''The Rich man and Lazarus(Lk. 16:19-31)
ReplyDeletesince he can attempt suicide, abeg keep him in custody before boko haram offers him more money to bomb somewhere else ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, strange things
ReplyDeletenawaooo the rich should try to consider the poor.but d man should not try dis pls............for ur family sake
ReplyDeletewe shld have allow him to jump now,may be it will result in a revolution just like that Tuniss guy that burnt himself.
ReplyDeleteSucide attempt is a criminal offence but Musa's case should pls properly be investigated droping all protocols and legal rigours because for a man in Nigeria to go that far then he must been really fraustrated.where his claim is true he should not be prosecuted but Mr. Atiku should pls pay him for God's sake
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