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The investigation was shortlisted under the Broadcast News category, alongside BBC Africa Eye: Lagos Inferno: The Explosion that Rocked Nigeria; Channel 4 News: Carers in Scotland denied death in service payment; and Sky News: Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis.
The Amnesty Media Award, which has been running for 29 years, aims at recognising the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in highlighting human rights abuses around the world.
The CNN investigation was carried out after the Lekki toll gate shooting. x
In October 2020, young Nigerians protested across major cities against police brutality. The organised protest went on peacefully for days until the Nigerian military forcefully dispersed marchers who were keeping vigil at the Lekki Toll Plaza on October 20.
Lekki Shooting: Again, Nigerian Army ignores Summons at Judicial Panel
Though the panel s lawyer contacted Mr Kehinde notifying him of the proceedings, he still failed to appear.
For the third time since hearing began over the Lekki Shooting incident, the
Nigerian Army has failed to honour the summons issued to its officers by the panel investigating the event.
The army failed to present the officers involved in the shooting.
The Nigerian Army, first on the cause list of the panel for Saturday’s proceedings, did not present any witness.
On January 8, the last adjournment of the proceeding, S. O Bello, the Officer that led the 65 Batallion that went to Lekki Toll Gate, Godwin Umelo, the General Officer (GOC), 81 Division and Francis Omata, a Brigadier General, all failed to appear before the panel.