One Month After Disappearance, Journalist Tordue Salem Found Dead
- Tordue Salem, a Vanguard Newspaper journalist who was declared missing since October 13, has been found dead
- Salem's disappearance had remained a huge shock for most of his colleagues and raised some apprehension among residents of the Federal Capital Territory
- A suspect who attempted to extort money from Salem's wife has been arrested in connection to his disappearance and death
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Barely one month after his disappearance on Wednesday, October 13, a Vanguard journalist, Tordue Salem, has been found dead.
Vanguard reports that the remains of Salem were recovered on Thursday, November 11, in Abuja, two-days short of one month since his disappearance.
He worked as a correspondent covering the National Assembly especially the House of Representatives before his disappearance and death.
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The newspaper reports that details of the recovery of Salem's body were still sketchy as of 9.30 pm on the day he was found.
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Punch also reports that a suspect, Prince Enyenihi, has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and possibly, the death of Salem.
Enyenihi, 25, was said to have tried to extort money from Salem's family after his disappearance on October 13.
The report said that Enyenihi had sent a text message to Salem's wife with a concealed number demanding N100 million as a ransom for his release.
The text message reads:
“If you don’t pay, Tordue will be killed in seven days. For more information, call this number.”
However, during his interrogation, Enyenihi claimed that he got Salem's wife's number from a flyer that was used to declare the reporter missing.
He denied having any involvement in the disappearance or death of Tordue Salem.
Efforts made to speed up possible rescue of Salem
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that journalists under the platform of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Federal Capital Territory chapter had marched in protest to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to call for an investigation into Salem's disappearnce.
The journalists led by the chairman of the FCT chapter of NUJ, Emmanuel Obeche, urged the police to intensify efforts to ensure that Salem is rescued alive.
Obeche also called for the immediate transfer of Salem's case file from the FCT command of the police to a special investigation unit of the inspector general of police, Usman Baba.
In another swift move, lawmakers of the National Assembly had called on the IGP to institute a special investigation into the disappearance of Salem.
In a point of order Senator Orker-Jev Emmanuel Yisa of Benue northwest senatorial district on November 9, the lawmaker told the Senate at the plenary that Salem had been missing since October 13.
He also said that it should be noted that if a journalist can disappear into the tin air from the FCT, it poses a big challenge for Nigeria's capital city.
Source: Legit.ng
