Armed soldiers have invaded and shut the offices of Daily Trust Newspaper in Borno, Kaduna and Abuja.
The editor of the regional office in Maiduguri, Uthman Abubakar, was arrested along with a reporter, Ibrahim Sawab, during the raid.
It’s not clear why they took the action but it may be connected with the paper’s lead story today on a military operation in the North East.
An eyewitness says the soldiers requested to see the Political Editor, Hamza Idris, whose by-line appeared on the story.
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This is the second time in five years the military will be clamping down on the publishers of the newspaper.
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