The State Security Service (SSS) has arrested a man identified as Paul Yempe over his false claim to be a Correspondent to the Cable News Network (CNN) in the Niger Delta region. He was apprehended by the state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Tariyon Akono who handed him over to the Department of State Service (DSS).
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.
