Nigeria, May 23 -- The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Globalupfront Newspaper (Online), Madu Onuorah, has been abducted by the police from his house in the Lugbe area of Abuja.

The management of the online news platform, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr Onuorah was whisked away at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the presence of his wife and children.

He was taken away by "stern looking operatives," according to the management of the news platform.

It further said Mr Onuorah was neither shown an arrest warrant nor told the reason behind his arrest upon request from the family. He was also denied contact with his lawyer.

"About ten fully-armed policemen stormed his residence in Lugbe, Abuja, in two Sienna buses.

"He was arrested ...