President Muhammadu Buhari has again lashed out at foreign press over their coverage of the #EndSARS protests in October.
Recall the Nigerian government had on several occasions in the past faulted the reports by some foreign media. In late November, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed wrote the America’s Cable News Network (CNN), picking holes in its coverage of the protest.
Mohammed in the letter described CNN’s reports as “blatantly irresponsible.”
On Wednesday, Buhari specifically said the accounts given by CNN and BBC in their reports on the #EndSARS protest were not balanced, as they failed to give attention to the Policemen that were killed.
Buhari tweeted: “It must be said that foreign press coverage of the ENDSARS violence was not balanced, especially from CNN and BBC.
“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.”
The tweet has elicited deluge of reactions from Nigerians.
https://twitter.com/Al_ameen_Yabo/status/1336746583514370056?s=19
https://twitter.com/JohnJennifer26/status/1336767604741050374?s=19
