Unknown gunmen attack Thisday office in Abuja

Gun wielding men who are yet to be identified on Thursday attacked Thisday Newspaper office at Utako area of Abuja.

Source said the gunmen who were fully armed stormed the office and ransacked offices, while they threatened to shoot any staff who fails to behave himself.

A staff who pleaded anonymity explained that the gunmen gained access into the compound through the fence at about 3.00am.

“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,”.

Their operations lasted for 45 minutes and the matter has been reported to the Divisional Police Headquarters, in Utako, Abuja.