The Federal Government says it will penalise the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism and banditry in Nigeria.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad, said this in Abuja yesterday.
He stated, Let me assure you that they will not get away with this naked glorification of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria.
When otherwise reputable platforms like the BBC give their platform to terrorists, showing their faces as if theyre Nollywood stars I want to assure them that they wont get away with it, the appropriate sanctions will be meted out, he further stated.
In a 50-minute documentary titled: The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara, published on Monday, July 25, 2022, the BBC Africa Eye provided insight into the mindset of bandit kingpins, the booming kidnap-for-ransom industry, and how Zamfaras insecurity may have been brought on by the ethnic conflict between Hausa and Fulani groups.
In March, Daily Trust TV, an arm of Daily Trust newspaper, published a special report and documentary which exposed major issues around banditry in Nigeria. A non-State actor, like Bello Turji, was interviewed in the documentary.
