Mansur Haruna, 35, has been detained by the Zamfara state police command in connection with the horrible murder of renowned journalist late Comrade Hamisu Danjinga in the state.
According to police, the suspect was apprehended in the state for possessing the deceased GSM handset.
Danjinga went missing last Saturday, and many people assumed he had been kidnapped by bandits.
The late Hamisu Danjibga’s family, friends, and colleagues had been searching for him until his body was discovered thrown in a soak away behind his house in the Yelwa Samaru neighborhood of Gusau, the state capital, on Wednesday.
According to the Zamfara state command’s public relations officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, the suspect would be prosecuted with conspiracy and culpable homicide.
“On 20th September 2023 at about 1430 hrs, information was received from the chairman of Nigeria Union of journalist Ibrahim Musa that one of his members, also a reporter of the Voice of Nigeria Hausa, was missing since Sunday 16th September 2023”.
“It will interest you to know that before his report, none of the family members nor the members of the union made an official report to any of the Police Stations.”
However, on the same date, at about 1533hrs, the information further revealed that his decomposed corpse was seen in the deceased’s house soaked away.
“On receiving the report, the Divisional police officer of Tudun wada Division mobilized the team of detectives to conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Hamisu Damjibga’s gruesome murder.”
“The move resulted in the arrest of one Mansur Haruna ‘M,’ age 35, of the same address with a Gionee keypad phone suspected to belong to the deceased. The case is under investigation. Further development will be communicated accordingly”.
Meanwhile, the Command under the able leadership of Cp Muhammad Shehu Dalijan psc fsi commiserate with the family, members of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, management of the voice of Nigeria Hausa, and the entire Zamfara State for the loss of a veteran journalist.