THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) President for Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour, has called for the arrest of the undercover reporter, Umar Audu, who exposed corruption in the issuance of certificates in the French-speaking p country.
Speaking in an interview on Thursday on the Channels TV programme Sunrise Daily, Favour slammed the reporter for having his passport stamped and obtaining certificates without being physically present. “Your passport was stamped while you were not available there. Now, and that aside, this guy served in 2019. And he still served again in 2023,” he said.
Favour claimed the reporter implicated the government and questioned the credibility of agencies like the Nigeria Immigration Service and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with the investigative report.
“He has to be arrested. This guy needs to be arrested because, I know, he’s a reporter who is trying to clear out some things but on that note, you are trying to implicate some persons now because, in a sense, you’re trying to implicate the government, the NYSC and the immigration service,” he said.
When asked by the interviewer if the reporter’s efforts exposed loopholes that should be addressed, the NANS president said, “I’m not doubting that but then since this is out already, I want to urge the government to look into it and take the necessary steps as fast as possible,” he responded.
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