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In what looked like declaration of war against the media by the Anambra State Government, officials of the state government have destroyed newspapers and beat up vendors in Awka.
The attackers who were officials of the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) disclosed that the state government does not want any Newspaper to be sold again on the streets, reports Daily Sun.
Heaps of newspapers destroyed were The Sun, Nation, Vanguard, Punch, and Guardian among others.
The aides to the governor also beat up people, especially vendors at the popular Aroma Junction and destroyed PoS machines.
The action of men of the ACTDA made passersby and petty traders in the area to rain curses on the operators of such mayhem.
The vendors’ tables were equally destroyed, while their umbrellas were confiscated by the agents of the government. Reacting to the situation, Governor Soludo’s Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, said he was not aware of the situation, but promised to reach out to the MD of the agency.
Aburime, however, maintained that keeping Anambra clean was for everyone, adding that, “even in Lagos, newspaper vendors are allowed to exist at their different designated areas.”
