The Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students President for Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour, has known as for the arrest of the reporter, Umar Audu, who went undercover to show corruption within the issuance of certificates within the nation.
Talking in an interview on Thursday on the Channels TV programme Dawn Day by day, Favour slammed the reporter for having his passport stamped and acquiring certificates with out being bodily current.
“Your passport was stamped whereas you weren’t obtainable there. Now, and that apart, this man served in 2019. And he nonetheless served once more in 2023,” he mentioned.
Favour claimed the reporter was implicating the federal government and questioning the credibility of companies just like the Immigration and Nationwide Youth Service Corps by going undercover.
“He needs to be arrested. This man must be arrested as a result of, I do know, he’s a reporter who’s attempting to filter out some issues however on that notice, you are attempting to implicate some individuals now as a result of, in a way, you’re attempting to implicate the federal government, the NYSC and the immigration,” he mentioned.
When requested by the interviewer if the reporter’s efforts uncovered loopholes that must be addressed, the NANS president mentioned, “I’m not doubting that however then since that is out already, I need to urge the federal government to look into it and take the mandatory steps as quick as doable,” he responded.
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