A veteran radio reporter in
Zamfara State, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead in a soakaway pit in his
house three days after he was declared missing.
Our reporter gathered from a
family source who asked not to be named, that the journalist was declared
missing on Sunday.
Danjibga worked with the Voice
of Nigeria (VON) for several years before his death.
“I was informed by his family
that he had not been seen since morning, so I started calling his line but it
was unreachable. We couldn’t get him throughout that day,” he said in a phone
interview.
The source said Danjibga’s
family informed the Correspondent Chapel and later the police.
The Nigeria
Union of Journalists (NUJ) confirmed the death of the journalist in a
statement.
“Zamfara State Council of the
Nigeria Union of Journalists regret to announce the death of Hamisu Danjibga a
reporter with Voice of Nigeria (VON)
whose body was found in a sock away behind his house three days after missing.
“The discovery of his corpse
was a result of an unpleasant odour observed by Islamiya Children in the
evening of Wednesday 20th September 2023 who drew the attention of their
teachers.
“After breaking the soak away
the body was confirmed to be that of Danjibga by his family and some
neighbours. His funeral rites have since been observed according to Islamic
injunctions,” Ibrahim Ahmad, the NUJ secretary in Zamfara State said.
The union called on security
agents to thoroughly investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators of the
act to justice.
In his lifetime as a reporter,
Danjibga was praised for his style of reporting. Several of his colleagues said
his “broadcast voice” gave him an edge over others in the industry as he spent
over three decades as a reporter.
Danjibga reported extensively
on the widespread insecurity in Zamfara State.
“May God forgive Hamisu
Danjibga his shortcomings…. His main concern was the security situation,
unknown to him that it would be the reason for his death…,” Ibrahim Zauma, the
immediate former Director General of New Media at the Zamfara Government House
said.
When contacted, the police spokesperson in Zamfara State, Yazeed Abubakar promised to get back to this reporter but has not done so for hours.
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