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The Federal Government says it will sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing respective documentaries “glorifying” and “fueling” terrorism, banditry in Nigeria.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.

Mohammed said the Federal Government is aware of the “unprofessional” documentary by the BBC, Africa Eye, where interviews were granted to bandit warlords and terror gangs, thereby promoting “terror” in the country.

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He condemned the BBC for not “upholding the same standards and tenets” as they would have done in the UK.

The minister also condemned Trust Tv, owned by Media Trust Ltd. for using its platform to grant interviews to a bandit kingpin, Shehu Rekeb, thereby “promoting” the activities of terrorists.

According to him, both platforms by their actions have become “accomplices to terrorists and bandits” in the name of reporting.

The minister said the appropriate regulatory body was already looking at the infractions and appropriate sanctions would be meted out to both platforms.

“There is a regulatory body regulating broadcasting which is the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and they are also aware of these two incidents.

“They are looking at which part of the Broadcasting Code has been violated by the BBC and Trust TV.

“Media is the oxygen that terrorists and bandits use to breathe.

“When otherwise reputable platforms like BBC can give their platform to terrorists showing their faces as if they are Nollywood stars, it is unfortunate.

“I want to assure them that they will not get away with it, appropriate sanctions will be meted to both the BBC and the Trust Tv,’’ he said.

The minister said that the fact that the BBC is a foreign medium and not under NBC regulations, notwithstanding, sanctions will be meted to the medium.

“Let me assure you that they will not get away with the naked glorification of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria.

“If they are not registered in Nigeria and they are only sending their signals to Nigeria, we will ask them to stop sending the signals.

“I know that during the IRA days, the BBC will not dare do what they are doing now in Nigeria.

“It is because there is a country called Nigeria that they are operating here,’’ he said.

The minister reiterated that the government would not tolerate any attempt by any media organisation to use its platform to set the country on fire.

NAN

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