Despite the Federal Government sanction over its investigative report on the shootings at Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests, CNN has again released another report on the incident.
CNN had in the past week released a report with videos and eyewitness account explaining what happened during the shooting at the Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests.
But the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had last week described CNN’s report on the Lekki shootings as poor journalism, adding that the network deserved to be sanctioned.
The Minister had also followed up the threat with a letter addressed to the management of CNN in Atlanta.
However, the media organization on Tuesday did a second report with more damning footage showing soldiers shooting at unarmed protesters on October 20, 2020.
The fresh report also shows the Commander, 81 Division, Brig.Gen Ahmed Taiwo, admitting before the judicial panel in Lagos that his men indeed took live ammunition to the tollgate.
The CNN report also highlights the fact that Brig.Gen Taiwo’s claim is at variance with the minister’s who had claimed last week that the army fired blank bullets.
The fresh report also shows protesters running as soldiers open fire at the tollgate, The Punch reports.