On September 20, 2025, journalists covering the conduct of local government by-elections at Asoro Primary School in Oredo Ward 9, Edo State, were attacked by alleged political thugs.
According to media reports, the reporters were conducting interviews and taking photographs when a man who claimed to be an agent of the ruling political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), accused them of working for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He mobilised other thugs to attack and assault the journalists; they seized their phones and jotters, deleted recordings, images, and videos from the journalists’ devices, and subjected them to prolonged harassment and intimidation before returning their belongings.
