The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Ojo Amos, has expressed sadness over the disappearance of Tordue Salem, a Vanguard Correspondent covering the House of Representatives.
Newsmen reports that Mr Salem was last seen on October 19 leaving the premises of the National Assembly.
Efforts to locate his whereabouts since then by his colleagues, relatives and security operatives have proved abortive.
Worried by the development, Mr Ojo in his opening remarks at a two-day Capacity Building Workshop organised for journalists covering the National Assembly in Abuja said, on Monday, that he was deeply saddened by the incident.
“It is tragic to note that one of our own, Tordue Salem, a Vanguard correspondent and a member of the House of Representatives Press Corps is still missing.
“As the chief bureaucrat of the National Assembly, I am deeply pained that this unfortunate reality is confronting all of us today.
“I hereby use this medium to urge security personnel handling the disappearance of Mr Tordue Salem to be proactive and assiduous, so that we can get to the root of this singularly tormenting matter,” he said.
Also speaking on the sad incident, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, who represented the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, called for prayers for the missing journalist before delivering the speaker’s speech.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, held a peaceful march which culminated in the submission of a petition to the Inspector-General of Police.
Source: (NAN)
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