Since the second week of October, youths across the country led the #EndSARS protests which were peaceful gatherings to protest against police brutality and bad governance until October 20, 2020, when the Nigerian Army dispersed #EndSARS protesters with gunshots at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the foreign press
coverage of the recent #EndSARS violence was not balanced, citing specifically
the Cable News Network and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Since the second week of October, youths across the country led the #EndSARS protests which were peaceful gatherings to protest against police brutality and bad governance until October 20, 2020, when the Nigerian Army dispersed #EndSARS protesters with gunshots at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
In a report on the incident, CNN alleged that soldiers used
live bullets on the protesters, but the army has repeatedly denied this
allegation, claiming it only fired blank shots into the air.
The BBC also showed the footage of the shooting and
confirmed that peaceful protesters were shot at.
Speaking during a meeting with governors of the 36 states,
President Buhari said he was disgusted with the coverage of the two foreign
press organizations.
"I was disgusted by the coverage, which did not give
attention to the policemen that were killed, the stations that were burnt, and
prisons that were opened. (They said we are all at fault. We don't have the
sympathy of anyone. We are on our own)," Garba Shehu, the presidential
spokesman, quoted Buhari to have said.
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