{"id":113089,"date":"2024-07-08T16:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113089"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:24:05","slug":"abuja-man-climbs-mast-threatens-suicide-over-hardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abuja-man-climbs-mast-threatens-suicide-over-hardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja: Man Climbs Mast, Threatens Suicide Over Hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A middle-aged man, Monday morning, climbed a broadcast mast at Katampe Hills in Abuja, threatening to kill himself if the federal government fails to revert its policy on subsidy removal and address the current hardship in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com learnt that the man identified as Shuaibu Alhaji Yusuf from Maiduguri, Borno State, dropped a handwritten note, demanding an end to issues of insecurity in parts of the northeast and the northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Making his nine points demands from the government, the man said, \u201cOn 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment should open borders for food importation 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the major Nigerian (sic) problems and I\u2019m ready to sacrifice my life for the solutions to them. 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