Soldiers at ORO3, Union bank formation in Damaturu, Yobe state, confiscated journalists’ car and kept them hostage for hours.
The journalists, Mingye of Blueprint and , Hamisu Kabir Matazu, a Daily Trust reporter were using their personal vehicles with INEC approved sticker, INEC’s reflective jackets, INEC-issued Identification cards and company’s ID cards when the heavily-armed military men threatened to resort to brutality if the journalists insisted on leaving the location to continue their election duty.