₦airaland Forum

Claim:

Kadaria Ahmed accused BBC for glorifying terrorism with a recent documentary. Her statements pushed Lai Mohammed to fine local cable networks 5 Million each


She said BBC can never do such interviews in their own lands.

She said "When homeland terrorists committed the inconceivable crime of hacking British soldier Lee Rigby to death in May 2013, would the BBC have considered it in the public interest to interview these terrorists? To compare apples with apples, imagine that hero Rigby's murderers were never held for their crimes, continued butchering people and collecting seven figure ransoms, would the BBC dare to send reporters to film the murderers gloating about collecting ransom, and then hold Twitter Spaces and bask in views, clicks and likes?

The answer is NO. The BBC would never dare.

]Verification:

“BBC and Channel 4 conducted interviews with active British fighters of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra in Raqqa and Mosul during the heyday of the IS Caliphate, including the 2013 interview at Idlib with the Nigerian-born Khadija Grace Dare.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPTSw-cC4UQ


“The same BBC gave constant media appearances to Anjem Choudary (the teacher of Michael Adebolajo who beheaded Lee Rigby in 2013), and the Hindu-born convert Siddhartha Dhar, both of whom played a pivotal role in the migration of Muslim Youths from Britain to the Islamic State.



“Abdul Bari al-Atwan and Al-Jazeera also conducted interviews with Bin Laden, Mustapha Abu Yazeed, and the American convert Adam Gadahn, all of whom were active members of al-Qaida. The same Al-Jazeera also interviewed Abu Muhammad Al-Julani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria in 2013.




“In 2021, Martin Smith of PBS sat down for a two-hour interview in Idlib, Syria, with Julani, not to mention all the interviews Bilal Abdulkarim (On the Ground News) conducted with foreign fighters for CNN, BBC, and Al-Jazeera during the peak of the Syrian Jihad.”

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/abu-mohammad-al-jolani-interview-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-syria-al-qaeda/

Verdict: Foreign media have conducted interviews with popular terrorists.

Moh247:
The bad image this people are given Nigerians would affect each and every who travels frequently or conducts business affairs

Aidejay:
Bros. There Is No Image Left To Protect. In As Much As We Don't Want Totally Destroy What's Left Of Nigeria's Image, These Bandits Are Doing Worse. I Just Read Somewhere About How A Major Company Shut Down Their Factory After Bandits Attacked. And Now We're Begging Them To Come Back. Is That Not Serious Damage To Our Image.

Moh247:
Some damages are irreparable am not saying anywhere is safe, BBC exposure won't make it safer

Moh247:
Some damages are irreparable am not saying anywhere is safe, BBC exposure won't make it safer

jmoore:
When will your Buhari publish names of sponsors of terrorism?

UAE published names.
A foreign country is doing what your president can't do. After promising they will publish names, they have failed to fulfill the promise?

When will your eyes open so you can see that Buhari's government is the real enemy. Someone exposes the terrorists in your country and you are penalizing the media.

Blackdeewhy:
How is this crap a FACT CHECK....
Lai Muhammad has been a lying machine for ages. Even when insecurities is obvious, this man still lied about Nigeria being save openly when we who resides in it know our lives aren't save, if not for God.
BBC uncovered his mask and you mumu are talking about some ugly sh*t as fact check?!
Bunch of jokers!