{"id":88422,"date":"2021-11-12T03:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88422"},"modified":"2021-11-12T03:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:20:12","slug":"missing-vanguard-reporter-tordue-salem-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/missing-vanguard-reporter-tordue-salem-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Vanguard reporter, Tordue Salem found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vanguard missing reporter,\u00a0 Tordue Henry Salem, has been found dead in Abuja.<\/div>\n
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\nDetails of the circumstances surrounding the recovery of his remains were still sketchy as at Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Late Salem who was covering the House of Representatives, was last seen on October 13, 2021. After the close of work that day, he was said to have alighted from a cab at Total filling station, close to the Force headquarters, and headed\u00a0 for B.J\u2019s garden, in the company of a female relative.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nThereafter, he reportedly flagged a cab for the lady who left before him, informing\u00a0 her that\u00a0 he was going to Area 8, Garki. But he was never seen until his remains were recovered on Thursday.<\/p>\n

An alarm on his mysterious disappearance was raised the next day, from where the matter was directed to the Intelligence Response Team , IRT on October 16, 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nSome arrests were reportedly made. Among them was that of a man who was picked for attempting to extort Salem\u2019s\u00a0 family.<\/div>\n
\nThe suspect identified as Prince Enyenihi, 25, contacted Mrs Salem on October 26, 2021, via a text message with a concealed number, requesting for N100 million ransom, to be paid as ransom for her husband\u2019s release. Part of the text message read: \u201cif you don\u2019t pay, Tordue will be killed in seven days. For more information, call this number \u2026.\u00a0 The text message also contained an account number the money should be paid into.<\/p>\n

This was followed by a call with a concealed number to Salem\u2019s wife the next day,. Mrs Salem requested to speak with her husband, to ascertain he was alive before negotiation would begn. But the caller gave the phone to someone who tried to play along.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nWhen she noticed that the voice did not sound like her husband\u2019s, she asked the stranger to mention the name of their daughter and her birth date, a question that met dead silence at the other end.<\/p>\n

Same evening, another call with a concealed number was received by Mrs Salem, requesting to know if her husband had been released. The confused woman was said to have requested why the caller had his number concealed.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nOn October 27, another text me came on a bulk text message platform, ordering the family to pay the N100 million ransom before the next day, failure of which they would kill Salem.<\/p>\n

The Police swung into action first, by de-encrypting the number that called and traced its owner to a lady in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.<\/p>\n

However, during interrogation the lady who owns Joy Skin Care denied culpability, stating rather, that a particular number had been calling her line since October 26, 2021.<\/p>\n

Vanguard further gathered that when on further checks operatives discovered that the number was same with that used to contact Mrs Salem , consequent upon which 25-year-old Enyenihi was arrested on November 5, 2021.<\/p>\n

During preliminary investigation, it was discovered that he was next door neighbor to the beautician. During interrogation, he disclosed that he got information of Vanguard reporter\u2019s disappearance on a flyer that went viral on social media, which had the number of Mrs Salem as the contact person to report to if found.<\/p>\n

The suspect further stated that he sent the text messages without the knowledge of his female neighbour, adding that he got his neighbour\u2019s telephone number and account details from her Facebook page .<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI knew the family wouldn\u2019t pay the money. I used the owner of\u00a0 Joy beauty skin care \u2018s account details in order to punish her for always talking to me anyhow\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Police described the arrest as a distraction from what they were looking for.<\/p>\n

Efforts to reach thre Force Public Relation\u2019s Officer failed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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