FG petitions CNN over report on Lekki shootings

The Federal Government has formally written to the CNN over its recent report on the October 20 shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos State.

The letter, dated November 23, 2020, was signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and directed to Jonathan Hawkins, VP (Communications) in CNN Centre Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mohammed wrote that “CNN breached the most basic of the core principles of journalism – balance and fairness.”

The government also demanded “an immediate and exhaustive investigation from CNN into its ‘investigative’ report on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to determine, among others, its authenticity.”