Cool FM Former Staff, Nansok Sallah Found Dead In Jos

Nigerian Radio Journalist Found Dead Is In Jos, the state capital of Plateau.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said a news editor for a government-owned radio station called Highland FM in the restive central Nigerian city of Jos was found dead in a shallow stream Thursday. Colleagues of Nansok Sallah, 46, believe he was murdered, the committee said.

Sallah previously worked for private radio station Cool FM in Abuja and Plateau State Radio and Television, the committee said.

"We mourn the death of Nansok Sallah and extend our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues," said Mohamed Keita, the committee's Africa Advocacy Coordinator. "Authorities in Jos must pursue all leads in tracking his killer and bring those responsible to justice."

While Nigeria has an unruly free press, journalists have been attacked and killed in the oil-rich nation over their reporting in the past. In October, Zakariya Isa, a journalist for the state-run Nigerian Television Authority, was killed by Boko Haram gunmen in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, allegedly over stories he filed.