Police arrest 2 journalists in Gombe for covering PDP office demolition
Story from Najibullahi ADAMU, Gombe
Two journalists were on Tuesday arrested by the police in Gombe State for covering a demolition of the campaign office of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate, Muhammed Barde, in the state.
The Gombe State Urban Planning and Development Authority had earmarked the property for demolition.
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The two journalists arrested were Chika Udenkwo of AIT and a photojournalist with Blueprint Newspaper, Joseph Atabo.
Neptune Prime correspondence reports that Special Weapon Armed Tactics (SWAT) officers were seen cordoning off the two points leading to the PDP gubernatorial candidate’s campaign office and government house.
It was also gathered that the demolition was however resisted by another set of the police team, the Special Protection Unit provided by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, upon request of the PDP candidate.
When contacted about the arrest of the journalists, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Ishola Babaita, said he was aware of the arrest of the journalists, adding that they had been released.
Babaita apologised to the journalists assuring them that such an act would not be repeated.
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