President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that he is disgusted at the manner with which the foreign press handled coverage of the controversial #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria.
The President made this known in a tweet via his official Twitter Handle on Wednesday.
According to him, the reports from some major foreign media firms did not attempt to lend a voice to the plight of policemen that were killed following the violence that erupted after the protest. However, several of the protesters have accused the government of sponsoring the thugs that instigated the violence.
He further noted that the stations which were burnt and prisons that were opened did not make it into the reports of the foreign press.
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.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) December 9, 2020
President Buhari’s tweet is coming a day after he held a closed-door meeting with all 36 state governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
There at the meeting, the President sounded a strong warning about a reoccurrence of the EndSARS protest, saying that no responsible government will allow that to happen.
“We do not stop anyone from demonstrating, but you don’t set up roadblocks and smashing windscreens. Which government will allow that?,’’ Buhari asked.
Excuse me, Mr President, I still don’t understand what caused the disgust you felt. Maybe you could explain better.
We have a useless president.. It’s no longer news.