The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive interview that Mohammed is undergoing psychiatric tests at a facility located inside the premises of the specialist hospital in Yola.
Nguroje explained, “When the police from the Moyo-Belwa division rescued Abdullahi Mohammed, from the 33kv high tension electricity pole, some hard drugs were discovered on him including green leaves which he confessed to be Indian hemp.”
He added, “The suspect further confessed during his interaction with the police that he takes Indian hemp and other hard drugs. He was behaving abnormal, so we had to take him to the psychiatric hospital for a detailed medical examination. We are still waiting for the medical result before we can take the next action.”
The Adamawa Police Command last Saturday night rescued and arrested Mohammed who had climbed a 33kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa Local Government Headquarters insisting that President Bola Tinubu must resign before he would come down.
The spokesman of the command who ascribed the man’s action as suicidal had also told Arewa PUNCH after the suspect was persuaded to come down from the high tension electricity pole that attempting sucide is a criminal offence under Nigerian laws.