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…urge journalists to shun hate speech, fake news
By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has cleared the air that his tenure in office has not ended.
This is following the report that he has resigned from the office of the AGF.
Malami made this know, while speaking at the annual media conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) held in Abuja, Malami.
He posited that there is naturally an end to everything and prayed for a glorious end as AGF and Justice minister.
According to him, those who relied, “On some unprofessional information disseminators will be taken aback that the Malami that was claimed to have resigned was seen in office discharging his functions including attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday (Wednesday), granting interviews to journalists and still today (Thursday) declaring this conference open as the AGF”.
He appealed to journalists to refrain from fake news, defamation, sedition, hate speech, blasphemy, and incitements of inflammatory statements in their reportage and warned against the practice where journalists would be conscripted by agents of destructions to spread false information about personalities and issues.
He said, unprofessional media practitioners have been reporting untrue and fabricated information against public office holders, noting that public officers have been victims of malicious media reports, mischievous and deliberate distortion of facts and posited that, hate speech and fake news challenge the cherished and collective culture of peaceful and harmonious co-existence as a people.
