Nigeria’s army raids newspaper after Boko Haram article
The Nigerian army says the paper ‘divulged classified military information, thus undermining national security’
Abuja — Nigerian soldiers raided the offices of the country's Daily Trust newspaper and arrested two of its journalists following an article about the military's fight against Islamist militants in the northeast, the newspaper said on Sunday. The Daily Trust published photographs on its website of armed soldiers raiding its head office in the capital, Abuja. The newspaper also said the military had shut down its office in the northeastern city of Maiduguri after arresting a regional editor and a reporter. An uptick in attacks by Islamist militants in recent months has made security a key campaign issue ahead of the February 16 presidential election in which Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term. The Nigerian army said in an e-mailed statement that the paper, in an article published on Sunday, had "divulged classified military information, thus undermining national security". It said the journalists were arrested in order for them to realise the importance of national security and...
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