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Killed
Early March
Baguda Kaltho, TheNEWS, KILLED
Kaltho, the Kaduna-based senior correspondent for TheNEWS, has been missing since the first week of March. Kaltho left the newspaper's editorial office alone one evening and has not been seen since. TheNEWS management and Kaltho's family have been unable to ascertain his whereabouts, and he is presumed dead.
May
Chinedu Offoaro, The Guardian, KILLED
Offoaro, a reporter for The Guardian, has been missing since the third week of May. Offoaro failed to return to The Guardian's editorial offices on May 26 as expected from a reporting assignment in Owerri, in Imo State. His family has been unsuccessful in their attempts to locate him and fear he is dead. State Security Service officials have refused to cooperate with the family, and have not answered questions about whether they detained Offoaro.
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