Garba Shehu the Senior Special Assistant To Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed
That the Federal
Government has directed the military to vacate the premises of Daily
Trust Newspaper and the order has
been complied with. He said “Issues between the military and the newspaper as
they affect the coverage of the war in the Northeast will be resolved through
dialogue”.
The soldiers arrested the regional editor, Uthman Abubakar, and
Ibrahim Sawab, during the raid yesterday at Maduigiri and Abuja offices respectively.
The Soldiers also sealed the two offices; widespread condemnation followed the
action of Nigerian soldiers.
However as at press time Revelation Agents cannot establish if the Staff of the newspaper who were arrested yesterday have been arrested as the order did not indicate any call for their release