• Shehu Sani warns Akpabio to avoid Wuse over protest
• CDHR decries escalating economic hardship
A man identified as Shaibu Yusuf yesterday climbed a 120ft radio mast to protest economic hardship in Nigeria. Yusuf caused a stir when he mounted the broadcast mast belonging to the Aso Radio and Television, along Kubwa expressway, Abuja. He also demanded that the petrol subsidy regime, ended by President Bola Tinubu be returned.
In a note left on the floor, Yusuf said he would only come down from the mast if economic hardship, insecurity, and the out-of-school children crisis were addressed.
“Long enough for government to stand by and do nothing while Boko Haram, bandits and kidnappers are killing people in the country everyday. Long enough for inflation rate to continue rising rapidly. Long enough for number of out-of-school children to continue increasing. Long enough for me to keep quiet,” the note read.
Yusuf remained on the mast for some minutes despite pleas from bystanders and rescue workers on the ground. He descended from the mast after he was persuaded by Acting Director General of the Federal Emergency Management Department (FEMD), Mrs Florence Dawon Wenegieme, who said his message would be delivered to the FCTA, president and the Federal Government.
Police immediately took Yusuf into custody after he acceded to the appeal of Wenegieme to botch the suicide mission and descend the mast. However, former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has warned the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, not to pass a route in Wuse 2, in the FCT over fears of protesting Nigerians. Sani said he recently encountered protesters in Wuse 2, carrying placards against ‘hunger in the land’.
In a post on his X handle yesterday, the activist said some of the protesters among them recognised him and allowed him to pass. However, Sani suggested that Akpabio might not be given a free pass by the protesters. He, therefore advised the Senate President not to go through Wuse 2.
Meanwhile, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has expressed worries over the performance of President Tinubu since he assumed office, saying it has brought an escalating socio-economic problem to Nigerians.
The group called on the President to explore the possibility of reaching out to more professionals even outside his cabinet so that his policies and programmes could have a more beneficial effect on the populace.
National president, CDHR, Debo Adeniran, at a press briefing held in Lagos lamented that corruption, high cost of food prices, bad roads among others have been the burning issues of the country. He lamented that Nigerians have been under torment by the astronomical rise in the prices of basic foods in the market.
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