State Security Service (SSS), operatives earlier today stormed the hotel accomodation of the top editors of pointblanknews.com who are in Abuja to monitor the recent protests and rallies over the fuel subsidy removal.
The men who arrived the hotel of one of the editors in Garki, at about 3:00pm local time, went straight to the receptionists, introduced themselves, and enquired if one of the editors was a guest.
The lady, unaware the editor was a guest, directed them to her supervisors.
The supervisor on duty was quizzed for about half an hour. The Chief Security Officer, CSO, of the hotel .It was however not clear what specifics were their focuses.
But sources close to the hotel said that the operatives wanted to know what room the editor stayed, who were his visitors, and what were his activities.
It was however clear that the hunt for our editors is not unconnected with some uncomplimentary stories about some serving minister published in the last few days.
Earlier, a batch of plain-cloth security personnel invaded the offices of the Cable News Network (CNN) in Lagos today, apparently to prevent the Cable News channel from beaming reports sympathetic to the “Occupy Nigeria” protesters.
The SSS had also raided the offices of the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) and briefly arrested Christian Purefoy (formerly of CNN) and later released him as he told them he no longer works with CNN.
The CNN visiting correspondent Nima Elbagir has been invited by the SSS to their Kingsway road office in Ikoyi, Lagos.