Kano police arraign man who climbed billboard

The Kano State Police Command has arraigned a 19-year-old man, Ibrahim Abubakar, for attempted suicide after he climbed a tall billboard structure in Kano and threatened to jump, citing the absence of TikTok celebrities he admired.

Abubakar, an indigene of Adamawa State, caused panic on Monday at Gadar Lado along Zaria Road when he mounted a high advertising structure and vowed to end his life if popular TikTok influencers he follows did not show up at the scene.

In a statement on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed that the suspect was arraigned before Magistrate Court No. 5 in Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano, on a charge of attempted suicide.

Kiyawa to Arewa PUNCH: “The young man, Ibrahim Abubakar, was charged to Magistrate Court Number 5, Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano, after being rescued by security operatives.”