Mr Salis Manaja, a multimedia journalist with Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPL), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, was kidnapped on October 11, 2025, while travelling from Abakaliki in Ebonyi State to Ilorin, Kwara State, for the company’s annual Young Communication Fellowship programme.
According to reports, Mr Manaja’s colleagues raised the alarm on social media about his whereabouts when they did not see him and could not reach him as repeated calls to his phone went unanswered.
A source close to the family later disclosed that his abductors made contact with the family, demanding a ransom for his release. Details regarding the exact location where the kidnapping took place remain unconfirmed, according to the source, who also did not disclose how much the abductors were asking for as ransom.
