The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Thursday, called on the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to immediately launch an investigation into the abduction and subsequent killing of a Reporter with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) in Zamfara state, Hamisu Danjibga.
Recall that Danjibga was abducted in his house in Samaru community in the heart of Gusau, the Zamfara state capital last Sunday about eight o’clock in the evening.
The abductors, according to his relatives, called twenty-four hours after the incident and allegedly demanded one million naira as part payment before they placed full ransom for his release. Three days later, his corpse was found in a soak-away in the Samaru community.
IPI Nigeria in a statement issued by its Legal Adviser, Mr. Tobi Soniyi, described the circumstances surrounding the abduction and killing of the journalist as both shocking and deeply concerning.
The Institute reiterated its call for a swift and thorough investigation into the abduction and murder of Hamisu Danjibga to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice, and called for increased security measures to protect journalists and citizens in all parts of Nigeria
IPI Nigeria also reiterated its call for protection for journalists and other media professionals across Nigeria, whom it said, are strongly committed to upholding good governance and democracy by protecting the ethos of whistle-blowing, as well as freedom of expression in the country.
Also, the National President of NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo, who spoke in Abuja at the Independent Hajj Reporters’ 2023 Hajj Lecture/Award, who condoled with late Danjibga’s family, called on the IGP and security agencies to unravel the mystery behind his death.
Isiguzo, who also described Danjibga’s initial kidnapping and murder as barbaric, called on the security agencies to bring his assailants to justice.
