Ezekwesili mocks Federal govt over threat to sanction CNN

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to call for sanctioning of CNN made in a statement by the Federal Government, over the investigative report released on the shooting at Lekki toll-gate.

Ezekwesili in a tweet, on her official Twitter handle @obyezeks, mocked the government for threatening to sanction CNN.

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had earlier said CNN should be sanctioned for its investigations which he described as irresponsible journalism, insisting that there was no mass killing at Lekki toll-gate, adding that it was ‘Massacre with no bodies’

Read also: You’ve learnt nothing from #EndSARS protests, Ezekwesili berates FG over seizure of protester’s passport, freezing of accounts

Ezekwesili tweeted: “ Sanction CNN *laughs* But then again, it is not even funny because it is too serious a matter to allow for this comedy.

“What’s really the point of the ‘Independent’ Panels of Inquiry if the @NigeriaGov @FMICNigeria have already closed their minds to information based on evidence?”

By Emmanuella Ibe…

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now