Musa Wakatu, a resident of Abuja,
has climbed a telecommunication mast over an alleged land encroachment by the
American University of Nigeria (AUN).
The elderly man climbed the mast
at Nicon Junction in Maitama area of the federal capital territory (FCT) on
Monday morning.
The university is owned by Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Wakatu, who threw leaflets from
the mast to the crowd who had thronged the area, alleged that Abubakar, through
his university, had encroached and fenced his landed property at Bajabure in
Girei local government area in Yola, Adamawa state, and built structures
inside.
He said he had protested on the
same matter on March 14, 2012 when he climbed a mast at federal high court in
Abuja but nothing was done.
“I wrote a complaint letter to
the former IG Mr. Hafiz Ringim and delivered to force headquarters on 5th
December 2011 with visitor tag No.054 without any positive result,” the leaflet
read.
He said he was lured to collect
money as compensation from AUN which he rejected but was later locked up in the
cell.
Wakatu said a policeman
identified as Ibrahim Iro detained him in Yola.
He said he sold a house he
inherited from his father to pursue the case in the court without any result.
He added that he was ready to
pursue the case to the world court in order to get justice.
The leaflet also contained his bank
account name and number seeking financial assistance from Nigerians to enable
him get lawyer for the case.
A detachment of policemen, who
arrived the scene, appealed to Wakatu via phone to descend from the mast but he
vowed not to.
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