Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has said he has no plan to resign his position.
While delivering a keynote address on Thursday at a media conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC), Abuja chapter, Malami described reports of his purported resignation to further a political ambition as “fake news”.
He added that there needs to be sanctions for persons who publish “fake” reports.“Many public officers have been victims of malicious media reports — mischievous and deliberate distortion of facts,” he said.
No doubt, the media is important in shaping public opinion, but hate speech and fake news challenge our cherished and collective culture of peaceful and harmonious co-existence as a people.
“You are journalists in the Nigerian justice sector because Nigeria exists as an entity. We cannot afford to spill the beans on account of mischievous actions and inactions of some who claim to be journalists.
“There has to consequences for the conduct of the journalists that offer themselves to conscription by agents of destruction that make it their stock in trade to spread fake information about personalities and issues.
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