Yola billboard climber arrested after assurance that Atiku will address poverty
A Yola, the Adamawa State capital, identified as Lawal Faro who climbed a 40-meter-high billboard in protest of Nigeria becoming the poverty capital of Nigeria has been convinced to come down and arrested by combined team of security operatives.
While atop the billboard, he vowed to engage in a free fall to death if President Muhammadu Buhari does not resign within 12 hours.
He made it clear while communicating with spectators on ground that his one-man protest was based on “extreme poverty” in the land with the development causing a scene.
According to him, “I think it’s time for Buhari to give way for someone like Atiku Abubakar to lead us out of the present hardship,” he said.
“I will remain here for 12 hours to show my discontent and someone not less than Atiku must come here to assure me that this government must be sacked in the forthcoming election.”
The incident was said to have happened around Jimeta Market in Yola, the Adamawa State capital on Wednesday.
Business Hilights recalls that some weeks ago, another man Nura Ilyasu climbed a telecoms mast in protest against Buhari’s re-election quest in Abuja.
However, he was convinced to come down after he was begged and assured that he would address the press.
In his press address at the foot of the mast, he decried the level of poverty in the land and listed some potential presidential candidates that have what it takes to return the country to good life and economy. He named Atiku, Saraki among others.
Ilyasu who sounded well educated and literate said he was not sent by anybody or working for anybody and that he is sane.
