Man caught attempting suicide sent to SDS for mental test – Police

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCT Police command says it has sent Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) of the FCT Administration for mental assessment and evaluation, barely 24 hours after he was caught attempting to take his own life.

Police yesterday  in a statement from the FCT Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Josephine Adeh, said Yushau, if found to be mentally stable after the test, will be charged to court for attempted suicide, disturbance of public peace, and incitement contrary to sections 231, 111, and 114 of the Penal Code Act.

Recall that Yushau was on Monday, July 8  seen attempting to kill himself by climbing a high broadband mast at ASO Radio in Katampe District of Abuja.

He had also dropped a hand written suicide  note demanding immediate turnaround of the prevailing hardship allegedly caused by insecurity and subsidy removal.

The Police statement read in part: “ The FCT police command has today, July 9, 2024, sent Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) for mental assessment and evaluation following his rather troubling action, which caused apprehension in the populace on Monday, July 8, 2024, by climbing a high broadband mast at ASO Radio in Katampe, Abuja, and attempting to take his own life.

“The suspect, if found to be mentally stable after the test, will be charged in court for attempted suicide, disturbance of public peace, and incitement contrary to sections 231, 111, and 114 of the Penal Code Act.

“The Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, psc, mni, urges residents to be law-abiding while pushing for their voices to be heard, as the police will not be stampeded into allowing the breakdown of law and order.”