An immediate release of the arrested Daily Trust staff by the Nigerian Military has been demanded by The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The Union further warned the Army to end it's siege on the newspaper’s offices in Borno, Lagos, and Abuja.

In a statement signed by the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, on Sunday night, the labour union condemned the military siege, saying “no explanation is good enough for this extreme action. It is bizarre and represents repression and violation of press freedom.”

The statement reads in part: “We are in a democracy and the media constitute one of the strong institutions in our democracy.

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