FRIDAY- 12th November, 2021: The Nigeria police head command has said Tordue Salem, the Vanguard journalist has been found dead on Wednesday after being declared missing since October 13.
Tordue according to the Police, was knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run driver at the Mabuchi area, near Wuse Market in Abuja with his identity card found on him.
The driver also claimed that the accident occurred on October 13 and his body was taken to the hospital, but the hospital officials only dumped the body in the morgue without any attempt to identify the body and contact the family.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba who paraded the driver, Clement Itoro, said the police found his body at Wuse General Hospital mortuary on Wednesday, around 11:00 am.
Itoro said he reported the matter to some policemen who were on patrol at the Wuse area but they asked him to formally report it at Wuse Police Station, which he refused to do.
He also claimed that he refused to stop at the scene of the accident because it was a hot spot for criminals in the night.
