Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Ifeanyi Maduagwu, the father of the late Arise Television journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, has rejected claims that his daughter fell to her death while escaping armed robbers, insisting she was murdered.

The late journalist, fondly called Sommie, died on the night of 29 September after armed robbers invaded her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja.

In a recent interview with BBC Igbo, Mr Maduagwu said the accounts surrounding his daughter's death "don't add up" and urged the police to uncover the truth behind the tragic incident.

"I know that my first daughter, Sommie Tochukwu Christelle Maduagwa, whom I gave birth to, would not have jumped from a three-storey building. For somebody to be telling me that she jum...