The Bayelsa State
Police Command has paraded a 36 year old fake journalist claiming to be a staff
of Cable News Network CNN covering the Niger Delta Region.
The
journalist was identified as Paul Yempe and was apprehended by the Chairman of
the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Bayelsa State chapter Mr Tariyon Akonor
after trying to swindle the state commissioner of Information and the state
commissioner of Energy.
The
Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police Hillary Opara who paraded the fake CNN
correspondent before newsmen in Yenagoa said investigation is still ongoing.
Sources
from the office of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government SSG confirmed
that the office has parted away some money with the fake journalist as well as
providing hotel accommodation for a period of time.
The
fake CNN correspondent who hail from Rivers State was found with two
identification cards of Radio Rivers and CNN.
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