An Abuja-based journalist, Joel Waksi, was found dead on Wednesday, June 19, five days after he was declared missing in Mpape, a suburb of Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to report, Waksi, an On-Air Personality (OAP) with Atar Communication, reportedly left the office around 9 pm on Friday, June 14, and was supposed to return to work at the station’s Mpape office by 2 pm the following day, but he could not be found.
The Group General Manager (GGM), Atar Communication, Balarabe Muhammad, said in an interview with Daily Trust that the police in Mpape Division of the nation’s capital had declared that Waksi’s body was found near the Panteka neighbourhood and had been transferred to the morgue at the Kubwa General Hospital.
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Muhammad disclosed that the OAP was stabbed around his neck, and his phone could not be found.
He further added that the deceased had escaped a similar attack in which he had been stabbed below the belly two months earlier.
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