The Federal Government has formerly written to Cable News Network, CNN, to demand an investigation into its investigative report on the alleged shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. The demand was made in a letter by the Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, which was addressed to CNN Vice President, JONATHAN HAWKINS.…
The Cable News Network, CNN, says it stands by its report on soldiers allegedly shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, Nigeria. Reacting to the Nigerian government criticism of its investigative report and threat of sanction, a CNN spokesman insisted that their reporting was based on detailed and careful research. The spokesman said the…
The Federal Government has faulted the investigative report by the Cable News Network, CNN, on the shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. In the investigative report released during the week, the CNN said it used advanced technology to analyze images and videos linked to the Lekki shooting and verified them to be real.…
A security expert has faulted the claim by the Nigerian Army that blank bullets fired from a rifle cannot cause bodily harm. The Commander of the Eighty-One Division Military Intelligence Brigade; Brigadier-General AHMED TAIWO, made the claim in a presentation to the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating the shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate. A…
It has been revealed that CCTV camera at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos did not record the entire incident on the night of Tuesday, October 20, 2020, when soldiers opened fire at EndSARS protesters. The Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company, ABAYOMI OMOMUWA, said the CCTV cameras stopped recording at about 8PM due to what he described…
Amnesty International says it has evidence to show that soldiers from Bonny Camp were responsible for the shooting of protesters at the Lekki Phase One Tollgate in Lagos on Tuesday last week. The international rights group said it had tracked vehicles belonging to the Nigerian Army from Bonny Camp to the Lekki Toll Gate, using photographs and…