Yet to be identified man jumped to his death from a bank’s mast at Sango area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Saturday, The Premier News has gathered.

Confirming the sad incident to The Premier News, Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Oyo State Command, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, said “the naked man came to the bank’s branch in Sango and entered the building through its small gate,” as he said “people who saw .thought he was a mad man.

“It was after he gained entrance into the bank’s premises that he climbed the bank’s mast before the security personnel became aware of his action,” Fadeyi said.

He had already climbed the mast to its peak, before they alerted the police, but before anything could be done, though the police responded immediately, the victim had jumped down to the roof of the bank.

“The District Police Officer (DPO) and Fire Service personnel who arrived the scene of the incident were swift to action to safe the man’s life, but the impact was so much that he crashed through the roof and fell inside the bank.

“An official of the bank was called in to open the premises.

“By the time the bank’s door was opened, the man was already bleeding through the mouth and was rushed to the University College Hospital where he was confirmed dead,’’ Fadeyi said.

The PPRO said the corpse had been deposited at the Adeoyo Hospital for autopsy while efforts were on to ascertain his identity.