Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- Suspected political thugs on Friday night disrupted a live broadcast by Arise News at the Londa Hotel in the Orazi axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria.

Arise News, a television station, stated this on X on Saturday morning but did not disclose the identities of suspected thugs.

The station reported that its crew was conducting a live interview with Leloonu Nwibubasa, a former commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment in Rivers, regarding the current political crisis in the state.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that some armed thugs stormed the hotel premises at about 9:15 p.m., and forced their way into rooms and seized mobile phones from the terrified guests and staff....