Soldiers invade office of The Nation and Leadership newspapers, destroy today's edition

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 Going by tweets on the timeline of the Nation newspapers and a report on their site, military men this morning stormed company of the Nation newspapers in Benin City and Warri and confiscated their publication for today. The soldiers from the 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army at Okwuokoko, Delta State seized a van conveying the day's newspapers to Warri and Benin City.

 

According to the newspaper, a source near to the soldiers said they are working on orders from above.  

See more tweets after the break....

 In a related development, military officials this morning also confiscated today's edition of Leadership Newspaper heading to the Northwest, Southeast and South-South parts of the country.  A road block mounted by soldiers at the tollgate over the Abuja-Kaduna expressway intercepted the van conveying the Leadership newspapers and confiscated it.

 

Nobody knows yet the reason why behind their actions but some people believe it could be because of Tuesday, June 3rd publication on Leadership newspaper where it was reported that nearly several army generals and soldiers on lower ranks have been taken to trial for sabotaging the Nigerian government's onslaught against Boko Haram. This, the military vehemently denied immediately and even issued a press statement to that effect.