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Nigeria's Information Minister Lai Mohammed made this remark during a press briefing in Abuja while commenting on the protest November 19, 2020.



- Nigeria should sanction CNN for a report that the country's military shot and killed protesters demonstrating against police brutality, says the Nigerian Minister for information;Lai Muhammed on Thursday, reacting to this, the U.S. media house maintained her position on the subject matter.

According to Lai Muhammed The U.S. broadcaster used "unverified and possibly doctored videos" and "information from questionable sources" in the report, information ,Lai Muhammed made this claims during the press briefing in Abuja

When asked, Mohammed did not specify how the government might sanction CNN. He said he believes the broadcaster has internal systems for dealing with erring staff, and that Nigerian authorities would also do what was necessary.

A CNN spokesperson said "Our reporting was carefully and meticulously researched, and we stand by it."

Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets to protest against the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, the said actors for which the demonstrators blame for killings, torture and extortion.

Though the protests were initially peaceful, demonstrators in an upmarket Lagos district were shot at on Oct. 20 by men witnesses said were soldiers. Rights group Amnesty international said 12 protesters were killed. The army denied involvement.

The British parliament will on Monday debate imposing sanctions "on members of the Nigerian government and police force involved in any human rights abuses by the Nigerian police," after a public petition gathered enough signatures for lawmakers to debate the move.

In response to the petition, the British government said: "We were concerned by violence during recent protests and await the outcome of Nigerian investigations into reports of police brutality. We do not publicly speculate on future sanctions designations."

Nigeria fined three television stations over their reporting of the protests, Mohammed said, adding that the government wanted to check a trend in which media houses use materials obtained on social media without verification.

He said the government had no plans to shut down social media but he was advocating regulation of its use-Bukason

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