The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has
criticized Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture over his comments
on the investigative report by Cable News Network, CNN, on the shooting at the
Lekki toll gate.
HURIWA, a frontline Rights group, described Mohammed’s
comments as unbridled, irrational, irresponsible, emotional, and totally
provocative.
Mohammed had threatened to sanction CNN over its report on
the incident at Lekki toll gate.
However, the rights group insisted that the comment by the
Minister was shameful.
A statement by HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel
Onwubiko said Mohammed was promoting misinformation by tackling CNN’s report.
The statement reads partly: “It is shameful that rather than
applaud and commend the CNN for it’s deployment of the highest quality of
technology to ascertain what exactly took place on October 20th at Lekki
tollgate Lagos state, a cabinet level minister in Nigeria paid by the public is
rather engaging in warfare against the public.
“What took place today as press conference by the minister
has nothing informative and cultural about it, but rather we will look at it
from the dimension of cultural tyranny that was displayed by this person who
parades himself as the minister of information. He should cover himself in
shame.
“The reason for saying this is that the minister is
promoting misinformation by fighting qualitaive dissemination of information as
was done by the cable news network CNN.
“One would have expected that a government that is working
to promote the welfare of the Nigerian people should be exceedingly happy that
the CNN has helped us to expose the hidden information by the characters that
unleashed violence on the people at the Lekki Toll Gates Lagos on October 20th
2020.”
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The army lied to us,the Governor of Lagos lied to us but CNN published facts based on evidence but Alhaji Liar Mohammed doesn't like that. He wants to sanction CNN as well as social media as they give factual accounts and not fake news. We are all waiting for his sack letter. Liar Mohammed is a disgrace.
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