Premium Times Reporter abducted at governor’s polling unit over underage voting

A PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Kunle Sanni, was on Saturday morning abducted by political thugs for taking pictures of underage voters at a polling unit in Plateau State.

Mr Sanni, who was monitoring the elections in the area, was accosted by an agent of the ruling All Progressives Congress who had spotted him while photographing several young children as they lined up on the queue to vote.

The journalist took photographs of the children and their voter cards before APC agents at the centre instructed thugs loyal to the governing party to surround the polling unit and bar the reporter from exiting.

The stalemate lasted hours as this newspaper worked its contacts in the area to try to ensure Mr Sanni’s safety.

Premium Times, Saturday 9, March

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