Ugochukwu Favour, President of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Benin Republic, has called for the arrest of reporter Umar Audu, who went undercover to uncover corruption in the country’s certificate issuance.
Favour lambasted the reporter for getting his passport stamped and receiving documents without being physically there in an appearance on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday.
“Your passport was stamped while you were not available there. And that aside, this guy served in 2019. And he still served again in 2023,” he said.
Favour claimed the reporter was implicating the government and questioning the credibility of agencies like the Immigration and National Youth Service Corps by going undercover.
“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 people now because, in a sense, you’re trying to implicate the government, the NYSC, and the immigration,” 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.
