Soldiers who invaded the Abuja head office of Daily Trust have exited the newspaper’s premises.
According to a staff of the media house, Musa Kirishi, the soldiers left after ‘orders from above’. Kirishi announced the exit of the army personnel on his Facebook page.
Armed soldiers on had stormed Daily Trust headquarters in Jabi Abuja, seizing computers, laptops and other properties from the newsroom.
Punch reports that the incident might not be unconnected with the lead story of Daily Trust on Sunday on military operations in the North East.
The paper had reported that the military plans to reclaim Baga and other communities taken over by Boko Haram some weeks ago.
Soldiers according to eyewitnesses demanded to see the paper’s Political Editor Hamza Idris, whose byline appeared on the story.
The military high command insists that no territory is currently occupied by the insurgents.
Before the raid on the newspaper’s office in Abuja, military operatives were said to have also stormed the paper’s regional office in Maiduguri, Borno state, arresting the regional editor, Uthman Abubakar and a reporter, Ibrahim Sawab.
Daily Trust reported that the soldiers shut the gate of the Maiduguri regional office after arresting the two editorial staff on sight at the time of the raid.
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