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Nigerian Authorities Threaten to Sanction CNN Over Lekki Investigation

Timothy Obiezu

   ABUJA - Nigerian authorities have threatened to sanction broadcaster
   CNN for an investigative report that showed Nigerian soldiers shooting
   protesters last month at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.

   The six-minute-long report on the shooting, aired Wednesday by CNN,
   strongly contradicts the position of Nigerian authorities on the issue.

   Nigerian authorities have long maintained that soldiers who confronted
   protesters on October 20 fired blank rounds into the air.

   But the CNN analysis showed the military shooting in the direction of
   protesters, confirming the accounts of many witnesses.

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