In his statement, he said: "In the light of the fact that the director general is also the editor-in-chief and ultimately responsible for all content, and in the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards of the Newsnight film broadcast on Friday 2 November, I have decided that the honourable thing to do is to step down from the post of director general."
Katika taarifa yake, alisema: "Kwa kuzingatia ukweli kwamba mkurugenzi mkuu pia ndiye mhariri mkuu na hatimaye kuwajibika kwa maudhui yote, na kwa kuzingatia viwango visivyokubalika vya uandishi wa habari vya matangazo ya filamu ya Newsnight mnamo Ijumaa 2. Novemba, nimeamua kuwa jambo la heshima kufanya ni kujiuzulu kutoka wadhifa wa mkurugenzi mkuu."