My life is under threat, Abuja-based publisher cries out, seeks police protection

• The publisher of Abuja-based magazine, Mallam Abdullahi Sabiu, has said that his life is under threat
• Sabiu, who made this known while speaking with Legit.ng, called on the security agencies to come to his rescue
• According to him, the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been alerted to caution the unnamed politician

FCT, Abuja - Mallam Abdullahi Sabiu, the chairman of Abuja-based magazine, has alleged that a Taraba-based politician has threatened his life.

Speaking with Legit.ng's regional reporter in Kaduna, Nasir Dambatta, via telephone, the publisher of The Reporter magazine disclosed that the politician conveyed his threat message through someone very close to the publisher's family.

He said:

"The politician told my source that he is a powerful thug with influence stretching from Jalingo to Abuja."

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Explaining further, the young publisher said his source replayed the threat message to him on the telephone, for which reason he said he already has the politician on record, making good the threat.

The publisher, however, called on stakeholders of the APC, especially at the national headquarters of the party, to "check the excesses of this politician, especially his unguarded utterances."

He also called on the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to take note that whatever harm happens to him, "the politician should be held solely responsible."

He also urged the national headquarters of the APC, security agencies, and all respected human rights organisations in the country to "also take note of this dangerous threat to his life as a journalist doing my job without compromising the professional ethics of fairness and balance."

Gunmen invade church in Kogi state, kill one, abduct three

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that gunmen believed to be bandits attacked a church in Kogi state, killed one and kidnapping three worshippers.

It was reported that the incident happened on Sunday morning, September 19 at the ECWA church in Okedayo in Kabba Bunu local government area of the north-central state.

The abductors attacked the church while the Sunday service was still ongoing. The church is said to be situated along the expressway of Kabba-Okene road.

Gunmen strike in northern state, abduct 23-year-old female student

In a reported report, a student of Bayero University, Kano named Sakina Bello was kidnapped, a report filed by The Punch stated.

The 23-year-old student of Botany was reportedly kidnapped inside a commercial tricycle along Janbulo and Rijiyar Zaki area of the Kano metropolis on Tuesday, October 5.

Source: Legit.ng