The government said this in response to the AI allegation of cover-up in the handling of the purported crackdown and killings of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos in October 2020.
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The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Wednesday, said there were contradictions in the report.
The international broadcaster did this as a double retraction on its official Twitter account @CNNAfrica, with the tweet titled: “Clarification.”
The IGP made this observation on Friday following a report by Amnesty International that Police personnel shot at peaceful protesters.
In a statement signed by the organisation, it revealed that it released a new timeline for investigating the atrocity one week later.
According to available information, the atrocity was perpetrated on Wednesday night
The killings took place in Lekki and Alausa, where thousands were protesting police brutality as part of the #EndSARS movement.
In a report published on Tuesday, Amnesty says police repeatedly used physical violence, chemical irritants like tear gas or pepper spray, as well as less lethal projectiles like rubber bullets to disperse peaceful protests.
It is a scenario which has emerged in a case Amnesty International said showed inadequate worker welfare standards.
Amnesty International reports thrive on the common perception that state military and security authorities will always deny allegations of GVHR and War Crimes even if they were caught red-handed
The Federal Government on Thursday admonished Amnesty International to stop providing succour to terrorists with its “growing practice of constantly attacking the Nigeria military and casting them as the bad guys”.
The Defence Headquarters has told Amnesty International to put an end to its reckless distortion of facts in its desperate bid to satisfy its puppeteers by undermining Nigeria’s Military campaign against terrorism in the North East.
For the second day on the spin, Nigerians took to the streets of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja demanding the expulsion of Iranians, Amnesty International and others fingered to be destabilising the country.
CAD made this known at a press conference on Iran’s nefarious plot to wreck havoc through their proxies on Sunday in Abuja
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre has alleged that there is an alliance between the Iranian Government and Amnesty International to cause unrest in Nigeria.
Donald Trump had placed a travel ban on Nigeria and five other countries on Friday.
The group made the declaration in a statement on Wednesday.
Amnesty International advised those who must travel to the US to always make contingency plans.
According to the organisation, the police is also holding some minors among others incommunicado.
European countries have failed the test by allowing a reported arms shipment to Saudi Arabia in spite of its involvement in the Yemen war, Amnesty International charged on Monday.