Police raid Peoples Gazette office, arrest five staffers

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The Deputy Managing Editor of Peoples Gazette, Boladale Adekoya, said the policemen raided the newspaper office over a report on a former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai.

The police, on Friday, raided Peoples Gazette newspaper office in Abuja over a report it did indicting a former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai.

Residents of the building where the newspaper occupies a flat confirmed the incident but said they did not know much about what informed the arrest. The building where PG operates from in Utako has six flats. It is the only one using its own flat as an office as the others are residential.said the staff members were arrested over a story detailing how anti-graft ICPC raided a property belonging to Mr Buratai and recovered cash and luxury items.

“After some minutes, they came back to pack everybody. They arrested two corps members with us, an intern who is more like our office assistant and the secretary,” he said.

 

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Intimidation and impunity as usual from political gladiators. Don't be deterred on doing what u know best,as regards to genuine journalism

This is why no Nigerian media is reporting on EscoBAT. Nigerian police raid and arrest first, then “investigate” later.

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