The Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Bayelsa State, Comrade Tare Akono, has apprehended and handed over to the Department of State Service (DSS) a 36years old man identified as Paul Yempe over his false claim to be a Correspondent to the Cable News Network (CNN) in the Niger Delta region.
According to the SSS, the fake CNN reporter was arrested with an Identification Card of the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation known as Radio Rivers and a fake Identification card of the CNN.
It was gathered that the fake journalist was arrested in the office of the Commissioner for Energy, Barr. Akio Francis last Thursday.
The arrest, it was gathered, was made possible due to the coincidental presence of the NUJ chairman,Tare Akono at the Commissioner’s Office.
The suspect, according to a security source, had allegedly swindled some of the state officials.
Posted: at 28-08-2013 09:08 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Maybe like the 13 year old boy who wss found hiding in the wheel of an aircraft and then given a scholarship, for whatever reason, this same man should also be given a scholsrship for seeking out his ambition to become a journalist!
Posted: at 31-08-2013 03:24 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac