Armed soldiers on Sunday invaded Daily Trust Regional Office in Maiduguri, Borno State and arrested the Regional Editor, Uthman Abubakar and a reporter, Ibrahim Sawab.
It is not clear why they took the action but it may be connected with the lead story of the Daily Trust on Sunday on the military operation in the North East.
The soldiers also allegedly shut the gate of the Maiduguri Regional Office, after arresting the two editorial staff on sight at the time of the raid.
A witness also noted that the soldiers requested to see Daily Trust’s political editor, Hamza Idris, whose byline appeared on the story.
As at the time of this report, the Abuja office of the newspaper in the Utako district was also under a siege by military personnel.
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