The State Security Service, SSS, has reportedly arrested a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka.
Mr Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa and former Editor of BBC pidgin, was reportedly arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos on about 5:40 am on Sunday.
According to the Punch Newspaper, Mr Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom via Virgin Atlantic Airlines.
Quoting a distress message from one of his friends, the report said, ”Adejuwon Soyinka has been detained by officers of the Department of State Security at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The incident happened around 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, the 25th of August, 2024, shortly after he arrived in Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.”
When contacted over the matter, the spokesperson for the SSS, Peter Afunanya, said he wasn’t aware of the arrest.
“I am not aware of the matter you have raised and have no comments on it, please,” he said.
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