Gunmen ∆bduct PRNigeria Journalist Salis Manaja On His Way To Kwara For Media Fellowship
Gunmen Abduct PRNigeria Journalist Salis Manaja On His Way To Kwara For Media Fellowship
It was learnt that the incident occurred on Saturday when Manaja was on his way from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, to Ilorin for the event.
Amultimedia journalist with Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, Salis Manaja, has been kidnapped by gunmen while travelling to Ilorin, Kwara State, for the organisation’s annual Young Communication Fellowship programme.
It was learnt that the incident occurred on Saturday when Manaja was on his way from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, to Ilorin for the event.
A source and colleague close to the victim told SaharaReporters on Monday that the abductors had contacted the family and demanded a ransom, but did not disclose the amount requested.
Manaja was declared missing after other IMPR staff members, led by Dahiru Lawal, arrived in Ilorin ahead of the fellowship. Several attempts by his colleagues to reach him were unsuccessful as his phone line became unreachable.
Details about the exact location where the abduction took place remain sketchy.
The PRNigeria Young Communication Fellowship is an annual capacity-building programme held in Kano, Abuja, and Ilorin to train young journalists and communicators.
