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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">International Cable News Network, CNN, said its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020, was “carefully and meticulously researched”.</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWovmAK1K1gIqSeAvNiDpXCunI3dA0w_DhN_i4uIcFaSbyrQ4_vYzywe4hO72Xw1v8Qv9pSKKuGr-7hewoJ15c2lJG0ZQ-rwD8iYiqmUDZXm2N9cqxqzgSRtRSJEPjs_MIrpLbZzhr-ae/s720/12708217_cymera20201119185431_jpege67368e9dc32cc6637b60a18b62e19cd.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWovmAK1K1gIqSeAvNiDpXCunI3dA0w_DhN_i4uIcFaSbyrQ4_vYzywe4hO72Xw1v8Qv9pSKKuGr-7hewoJ15c2lJG0ZQ-rwD8iYiqmUDZXm2N9cqxqzgSRtRSJEPjs_MIrpLbZzhr-ae/s320/12708217_cymera20201119185431_jpege67368e9dc32cc6637b60a18b62e19cd.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CNN stated this in a report on Thursday in response to comments by the Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, that the news platform practised “irresponsible journalism” by relying on fake videos sourced from social media to produce its report.</span></p><div align="center" style="color: green; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CNN had published an investigative report this week claiming soldiers fired live ammunition directly at protesters at the Lekki toll gate, a claim which Mohammed denied on Thursday.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Like everyone else, I watched the CNN report. I must tell you that it reinforces the disinformation that is going around, and it is blatantly irresponsible and a poor piece of journalistic work by a reputable international news organization,” Mohammed told reporters at a press conference in Abuja today.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“This is very serious and CNN should be sanctioned for that,” he added.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The PUNCH reports that the minister also described the event of October 20, 2020 as a “massacre without bodies”, insisting that not a single body has been produced or a single family has come out to claim their family member was killed at the Lekki tollgate.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reacting today in another story titled, ‘Nigeria threatens CNN with sanctions but provides no evidence Lekki toll gate investigation is inaccurate’, the cable news network said it stand by its earlier report on the Lekki incident.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Our reporting was carefully and meticulously researched, and we stand by it,” CNN stated.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It added, “The report was based on testimony from dozens of witnesses, and photos and video obtained and geolocated by CNN. It painted a picture of how members of the Nigerian army and the police shot at the crowd, killing at least one person and wounding dozens more.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p7mm8sfVadI?feature=oembed" style="margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" title="CNN. "We Stand By Our Report" CNN React To Nigeria Govt Threat To Sanction Them On Lekki Video" width="500"></iframe></span></div></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“CNN verified photos and videos acquired from multiple eyewitnesses and protesters using timestamps and other data from the video files. Video footage shows soldiers who appear to be shooting in the direction of protesters. And accounts from eyewitnesses established that after the army withdrew, a second round of shooting happened later in the evening.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Prior to publishing the report, CNN tried multiple times to elicit comment from the Nigerian army and police. A Lagos State police spokesman declined to comment because of an ongoing investigation. While a statement from the Lagos State government said that there would be no comment while a judicial tribunal was underway.”</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lekki incident has been condemned locally and internationally by civil rights organisations.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Source:- Punch ng</span></p>

CNN FG News Lekki Shootings: ‘We Stand By Our Report’, CNN Reacts To FG’s Sanction Threat

International Cable News Network, CNN, said its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on...

<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: var(--font-color-black);">CNN has reacted after Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday called for sanction against the media organisation.</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85EdhmeUTcUg3VyRwbBWPlx77EiS1SDGxZ_iDc9fb31Zh0zw_biF51TdyUgcOFUqE9xow_TN3Vs0WmmdGfKqR-Fl1ih4lIe-OpkycPnaeT6uN4T-OH86TnzDWeGCZpHURA8_lJD_uiZx8/s500/Lekkiprotest-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85EdhmeUTcUg3VyRwbBWPlx77EiS1SDGxZ_iDc9fb31Zh0zw_biF51TdyUgcOFUqE9xow_TN3Vs0WmmdGfKqR-Fl1ih4lIe-OpkycPnaeT6uN4T-OH86TnzDWeGCZpHURA8_lJD_uiZx8/s320/Lekkiprotest-1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Recall that CNN had on Wednesday released its investigation which uncovered evidence that the Nigerian army and police opened fire on unarmed protestors on October 20. </span></p><div align="center" style="color: green; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">CNN’s investigation focused on a demonstration against police brutality, led by the largely peaceful “#EndSARS” movement. Minister for Information and Culture Lai Mohammed Thursday dismissed the CNN investigation as “fake news” and “misinformation,” repeatedly denying the military used live rounds against protesters.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Like everyone else, I watched the CNN report. I must tell you that it reinforces the disinformation that is going around, and it is blatantly irresponsible and a poor piece of journalistic work by a reputable international news organization,”</em> he told reporters at a press conference in Abuja, in the most significant federal government response so far to the October 20 violence.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“This is very serious and CNN should be sanctioned for that,” </em>he said. Reacting, a spokesperson for CNN said it stands by its investigation.<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Our reporting was carefully and meticulously researched, and we stand by it,”</em> the spokesperson said via email. The report was based on testimony from dozens of witnesses, and photos and video obtained and geolocated by CNN. It painted a picture of how members of the Nigerian army and the police shot at the crowd, killing at least one person and wounding dozens more.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> CNN verified photos and videos acquired from multiple eyewitnesses and protesters using timestamps and other data from the video files. Video footage shows soldiers who appear to be shooting in the direction of protesters. And accounts from eyewitnesses established that after the army withdrew, a second round of shooting happened later in the evening. Prior to publishing the report, CNN tried multiple times to elicit comment from the Nigerian army and police.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A Lagos State police spokesman declined to comment because of an ongoing investigation. While a statement from the Lagos State government said that there would be no comment while a judicial tribunal was underway.</span></p>

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