SOLDIERS CONFISCATE, DESTROY LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER COPIES IN KADUNA, BENIN Men of the Nigerian Military have been reported to today Friday intercepted and destroyed LEADERSHIP newspaper copies meant for the North-west region at the Kaduna tollgate. The LEADERSHIP Friday copies booked for South-south and South-east regions were also seized by the soldiers. According to Azubike Ishiekwene, Managing Director of the Leadership Group, he said soldiers mounting a roadblock close to the tollgate along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway blocked the newspaper’s van heading to Kaduna and confiscated the entire consignment of the paper. The driver of the vehicle as well as another staff were also detained, with their telephones seized, Mr. Ishiekwene said. Another consignment of the paper being flown to states in the Southeast were also confiscated by authorities at the Abuja airport, the newspaper said. Mr. Ishiekwene said his company had not been told the reason for the action. Reports also say another detachment of soldiers have condoned off the Edo State office of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Benin, demanding all copies of Leadership and Nation Newspapers from vendors.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:13:09 +0000
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