Gunmen have reportedly stormed the Thisday Newspaper Abuja office in Utako on Thursday, January 27, and threatened to kill the staffs.
The hoodlums were said to have gained access to the building through the fence.
According to the newspaper, the gunmen, whose mission is yet to be ascertained stormed the office the office around 3am on Thursday.
“Although the mission of the armed men, who arrived the premises at about 3.am Thursday has yet to be ascertained, the company’s private security men, who were on duty, said that as soon as the gunmen pushed their way into the office of the newspaper they started maltreating the production staffer, and threatened to “kill all of them if they attempted to alert policemen,” the newspaper said in a report,
However, the gunmen left after “about 45 minutes of frightening operation”, but vowed to come back soon.
They added that the matter has been reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters, in Utako, Abuja.
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