Lauretta Onochie, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, has washed down CNN over its...
analytical report on the Lekki shootings.
On Thursday, the associate expressed that CNN misled the worldwide network, adding that Nigeria won't be threatened.
"I’m not upset that CNN lied to the world about my nation, Nigeria. I’m upset that they think we are so stupid that we will swallow their lies. We won’t be bullied into believing a lie!", she tweeted.
Cable News Network, an American based TV station, said in spite of the disapproval by the government and the Nigerian Army, its discoveries show that live bullets were utilized against peaceful End SARS protesters.
On October 20, soldiers walked to the Lekki toll gate at about 6:45pm and started shooting.
After the underlying case that troops were not sent to the area, the Army said just blank bullets were fired.
Brigadier General, Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo, Commander 81 Division, told the Lagos Judicial Panel that the military arm was brought in by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Taiwo noticed that the Army reacted, “to forestall further violence and loss of lives”.
