Activist Kenechukwu Okeke has
threatened to drag CNN staff to court over its independent investigation on the October 20 shooting incident at the Lekki Toll Gate.
CNN in its footage showed how
soldiers shot at protesters and proved that some protesters were killed at the
protest ground.
The global cable network also
tracked the bullets shells found at the scene of the shooting which showed that
they were purchased by the Nigerian government from Serbia in 2005.
CNN also interviewed a man
identified as Elisha Sunday, whose brother, Victor, was killed during the
October 20th shooting incident amid Federal Government’s claims of ”No
casualties.”
However, activist Okeke in a
Twitter thread on Wednesday said the investigation by CNN is an affront on
Nigeria’s sovereignty and must be sanctioned.
He threatened to initiate a
criminal contempt proceeding against CNN staff, adding that the investigation
is an attempt to challenge the Lagos judicial panel.
According to him, CNN should have
rather testified as a witness before the judicial panel.
His tweet read: “It is an affront
or impingement on Nigeria’s sovereignty or judicial processes for the CNN to
have investigated, concluded or pre-judged issues being litigated or debated
before a tribunal established by law. This is intolerable, and there must be
sanctions.
“I will, therefore, initiate
criminal contempt proceedings against all the
@CNN staff (without any
exception) that deliberately and egregiously impugned the majesty of the courts
or any tribunal established by law in Nigeria. Justice is too important to be
decided by the media.
“CNN ought to have testified
under oath as witness (es) before the tribunals to establish any such
‘investigations’. Otherwise is a deliberate act to impugn (egregiously) or
preempt the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry. We will not have it though,
as the courts are sacred.
“‘Without an exception’ herein
includes any person(s) or actor(s) that improperly collaborated on substantive
factual and legal issues on
@Twitter (or any other social
media platforms), outside of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiries
(tribunals).
Recall that Okeke dragged Pastor
Sam Adeyemi, Fals, Burna boy before a Federal High court, Abuja over their
involvement in the End SARS protests.
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Why is this person addressed as an activist? We and everybody reading this knows what has happened we have seen his type repeatedly in this space called Nigeria. Time will tell if he ends up differently from those who did before him.
ReplyDeleteHe is looking for political appointment. He is not an actvist but a political jobber doing an eye service job. He should get a real job and leave propaganda to Government.
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