The Plateau State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday condemned the murder of Mr Nansoh Sallah, an editor with Highland FM (FRCN) in Jos.
Sallah, whose corpse was
found on Thursday morning around Rayfield-Zaramangada road, was murdered by unknown persons while returning home after closing at work.
NUJ Chairman in the state, Katdapba Gobum, said in Jos that the council was “very worried’’ over the incident, tasking security agents to unravel those behind the killing.
“There have been cases of our members being attacked or assaulted while performing their legal duties.
“Journalists are harmless members of the society and we are demanding more protection from the security agencies, due to our exposure to dangers,” Gobum said.
He, however, advised members of the pen profession to be more security conscious by being careful with their movements.
The Chairman also urged journalists to “report responsibly’’ so that nobody would be able to challenge the credibility of their stories to want to warrant any attack.
The General Manager of the station, Mr Terzungwe Uwua, said that the deceased sustained a “minor injury at the back of his head.
“Outside the injury, everything about him was intact. Nothing was removed from him. His phone, money and even the story which he did were in his pocket,” he said.
Uwua said that the spot where Sallah was murdered was a “stone’s throw from a security checkpoint’’, calling on security agents to get to the root of the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau, Mr Samuel Dabai, confirmed the incident.
“It is true that a dead body was found at Zaramangada but we cannot ascertain what killed him. Investigations are still going on.
“Only the medical doctors can tell us the cause of his death because nothing was found on or around him to suggest the cause of his death,” Dabai said.
The police spokesman, however, said that the corpse had been deposited at the Jos University Teaching Hospital’s mortuary where autopsy was being carried out.
Sallah, a native of Langtang-South in Plateau, was in his late 40s