{"id":66674,"date":"2023-09-24T22:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66674"},"modified":"2023-09-24T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:46:12","slug":"slain-journalist-suspect-nabbed-in-gusau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66674","title":{"rendered":"Slain journalist: Suspect nabbed in Gusau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The Police in Zamfara state says it has arrested a 35-year-old suspect, Mansur Haruna, in connection with the gruesome murder of a veteran journalist, Comrade Hamisu Danjibga working with the Voice of Nigeria, VON in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement he issued to journalists in Gusau on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">According to him, the suspect was arrested in the state and the mobile phone of the deceased was found with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Danjibga was reported missing two Saturdays ago in circumstances that resembled a kidnap by bandits.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66677\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66677\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230921_0847443-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comrade Hamisu Danjibga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">After an intensive search by friends and family, his remains were found in a soak away behind his house in Yelwa Samaru area in Gusau, the state capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The Police statement reads in part: \u201cOn 20th September 2023 at about 1430 hrs, information was received from the Chairman of Nigeria Union of journalists, Ibrahim Musa, that one of his members, a reporter of the Voice of Nigeria, Hausa section, was missing since Sunday 16th September 2023\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cBefore his report, none of the family members of the deceased nor members of the union made any official report to any of the Police Stations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cHowever, on the same date, at about 1533hrs, the information further revealed that his decomposed corpse was seen in the soak away of the) house of the deceased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cOn receiving the report, the Divisional Police Officer of Tudun wada Division mobilised the team of detectives to conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Hamisu Damjibga\u2019s gruesome murder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cThe move resulted in the arrest of one Mansur Haruna \u2018M,\u2019 age 35, of the same address, with a Gionee keypad phone suspected to belong to the deceased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cThe case is under investigation and further development will be communicated accordingly\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">He added that the suspect would appear in court to face conspiracy and culpable homicide charges, after investigation on the issue.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_230924_233712_092.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Police in Zamfara state says it has arrested a 35-year-old suspect, Mansur Haruna, in connection with the gruesome murder of a veteran journalist, Comrade Hamisu Danjibga working with the Voice of Nigeria, VON in the state. 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