EndSARS Report: Lai Mohammed Mocks CNN

The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has mocked Cable News Network, CNN International over its stance on the report of the Lekki Tollgate report saying that the celebration of an unsigned report has further damaged its reputation.

Lai Mohammed rebuked CNN on Tuesday as he gave a formal Federal Government rebuttal of the report that had indicted the Nigerian military of massacre at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020.

“The CNN has been celebrating the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry. In its rush to claim vindication, CNN apparently didn’t even read the report before rolling out the drums in celebration.

“By that action, CNN has celebrated prematurely and has now committed a double faux pas: First, by relying on unverified social media stories and videos to carry out an investigation of the Oct. 20th 2020 incident at Lekki, where it did not have a correspondent on ground.

“CNN goofed in its report on the findings of the panel, which fell below the main standards of journalism. Secondly, CNN rushed to the air to celebrate an unsigned and unverified report that is riddled with inconsistencies, errors, discrepancies, innuendoes.

“That’s double faux pas by a news organization that is eager and willing to compromise standards just to claim vindication.

 Besides mocking the CNN, Lai Mohammed also faulted local media which according to him were quick to pass judgment.

“Sadly, a section of the Nigerian media has also joined the lynch mob. Honestly, in an attempt to vilify government at all costs, they have done themselves a great disservice. How can any news organization worth its salt write an Editorial validating this kind of report?

“Are they not seeing what others, including journalists and lawyers, are seeing? In a shocking twist, a Nigerian newspaper chose to hail what it calls ‘’detailed investigative report’’ by CNN, even when the news channel did not even cover the incident of Oct. 20th 2020! It’s a classic case of cutting your nose to spite your face.”

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the inclination of Lai Mohammed to mock CNN follows the faceoff between the organization and the minister over the coverage of the EndSARS protest.

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