Edo State Police Command has arrested one Yakubu Farouk for posing as the Niger Delta correspondent of the Hausa service of the Voice of America.
Farouk, who hails from Nasarawa State, was arrested by officers
of the Oba Market Police Division on February 3, after demanding N5,000
from the Chairman of the Hausa community in Edo State, Alhaji Badamasi
Saleh, for interview.