The report by Cable News Network (CNN) on the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos was a poor hatchet job targeted at the Nigerian Army, the International Institute for Investigative Journalism (IIIJ) has said. In an electronic statement signed by special rapporteur, Francois Deburoiche, yesterday, the IIIJ said it came to this conclusion following a careful investigation on the events that led to the escalation of violence at the toll gate. After forensic analysis of CNNs report, the Institute said it noted that there were some missing details…
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Lekki shootings: Despite FGs sanction, CNN airs fresh documentary
The US Cable News Network, (CNN) continued its uncovering facts around Lekki toll gate massacre yesterday despite threat from the Nigerian government to sanction the media platform for airing an investigative documentary on the event of October 20. The second documentary corroborated facts in the initial report using CCTV footage submitted by the Lekki Concession Company at the Lagos panel of inquiry, re-iterating the need for Nigerian authorities to come clean. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had last week described CNNs report on the Lekki shootings as unprofessional journalism,…
Read MoreLekki shootings: Soldiers fired blank bullets at protesters – Ex-army spokesman
As Buhari gives ministers 1-week to submit report on #EndSARS A former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman Kukasheka, says soldiers fired blank bullets at the Lekki protest ground, and not live ammunition as widely claimed. Recall that soon after the incident, there were some reports on how men in military uniform opened fire at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos where youth demonstrated against police brutality. Speaking during a television programme yesterday, the retired Brigadier-General said contrary to reports that many were killed in the incident, the blank ammunition…
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