NIGERIA ARMY CONTINUES ONSLAUGHT ON SOME MEDIA ORGANISATION

Officers of the Nigerian Army on Saturday continued with the seizure of prominent Nigerian Newspaper in what appears to be a new and sustained assault on the media.

Masquerade234 gathered that apart from seizing newspaper vans on the road, the military men barricaded the routes and raided newspaper distribution centres in Abuja. a situation that has hampered the distribution of newspaper in the federal capital territory

Major General Chris Olukolade

Operative of the military and the Directorate of State Security Services on friday seized copies of leadership, Daily Trust, The Nation and Punch Newspapers in major parts of the country natably Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Port-Harcourt and Benin.

Defence headquarters has justified the seizure of newspapers and impounding of distribution vans, saying operatives were checking for arms among the newspaper.

Director of Defence Information Major General Chris Olukolade says the military was acting on intelligence report that materials with grave security implcations were being moved across the country using the channel of newsprint related consignment.

Masquerade234 would keep you informed as the situation unfolds, however is this not surprising that the military is acting this way in a democratic dispensation. your opinion matters here.