BREAKING: Man Who Climbed Telecoms Mast To Protest Buhari's Re-election Bid Descends After 24 Hours
Nura Ilyasu, the man who climbed a
telecommunications mast in Abuja on
Wednesday to protest the re-election bid of
President Muhammadu Buhari, has finally
descended.
He came down from the mast on Thursday.
Ilyasu touched ground at 11:25am voluntarily,
after security operatives acceded to his
request that he must address the press upon
his descent.
According to Ilyasu, he climbed the mast to
protest the economic hardship in the country,
just as he stated that President Muhammadu
Buhari does not deserve another four years in
office.
Security agents had made entreaties to him
since Wednesday when he mounted the mast,
but their efforts proved abortive, as he had
vowed not to descend until President
Muhammadu Buhari resigns from the office.
However, this morning, they were able to
communicate with him via his mobile telephone,
and they appealed to him. He later told them
that he would come down on the condition that
he must speak to the press.
He said: "My name is Nura Ilyasu. I am 28 years
old. What I did is within the purview of the law.
My human right is to protest peacefully and I
never threatened my life or any other person
"What we are going through in this country is
not from God. Some microscopic-view individuals
hijacked all that God endowed Nigeria with for
decent life, and we can't continue like this. I
climbed up for seven days hunger strike to
protest the incompetence and cluelessness, to
protest presidential impunity and general
docility displayed by the masses. We can't
continue like this.
"Other competent candidates are there; even
Saraki, Atiku, Kwankwaso, Tambuwal,
Dankwambo and others. At least one of these
[men] will make a good President.
"I don't believe General Buhari deserves
another four-year term in Nigeria because the
pervasive hunger and poverty in Nigeria is
inexplicable. I don't have mental disorder as
being insinuated by some people."
When asked how he felt now that he had come
down from the mast, Ilyasu said he was full of
life and mentally stable.
He said he came down because some lawyers
spoke to him while he was on the mast. He was
later taken away by security operatives.
Ilyasu climbed a mast with the approval number
AB0099 belonging to Airtel Nigeria, located
few metres away from the presidential villa
and Lungi Army Barracks, on Wednesday.
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