Armed personnel from the Air Force Base in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday assaulted a correspondent of PUNCH Newspapers, Dare Olawin.
The military men attacked the headquarters of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company opposite MITV, Ikeja, Lagos around 7:40 am.
Our correspondent was at the office to attend an event at Adiyan.
Journalists were to gather at the office from where they were expected to proceed to Adiyan in Ogun State for the unveiling of a solar project.
The military men sighted our correspondent, alongside a TVC cameraman and one other reporter in a coaster bus.
They were beaten and made to sit on the floor.
Our correspondent’s Android phone, a small Itel phone and a white power bank were taken away by the men who threatened to shoot him if he tried to say anything.
The Air Force men led by a woman seized the office of Ikeja Electric for over one and a half hours, beating the staff and other people sighted.
The roads leading to the office were blocked, giving the military men a field day to molest those within the premises.
It was learned that the officers were at the DisCo’s headquarters to vent their anger over the disconnection of their military base.
They left the office with engineers and drivers who they said would be forced to reconnect their barracks.
