Zamfara Governor, Dauda Lawal has ordered security operatives to ensure prompt investigation of the abduction and subsequent murder of a veteran journalist, Hamisu Danjibga.
The order is contained in a statement issued in Gusau, the State capital Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Idris.
Danjibga, State Correspondent, Hausa service of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) was missing for three days before his corpse was found in a soak-away behind his house on Wednesday.
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The Governor expressed dissatisfaction over the abduction and subsequent murder of Danjibga.
Lawal expressed deep sadness over the killing of the journalist, adding that his government was fully committed to ensuring prompt investigation of the matter.
The Governor appealed to residents to provide security operatives with intelligence information that could lead to the swift apprehension of the perpetrators of the ugly act.
“On behalf of my family and Zamfara government, I extend condolence to the immediate family, friends, professional colleagues and the Nigerian Union of Journalists for the irreplaceable loss.
“We pray to Allah to forgive Danjibga’s shortcomings and grant him paradise,” the Governor added.
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