The former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service was said to have been taken into custody at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State after alighting from a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.
The President of the International Press Institute Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, who reached out to Dr. Peter Afunayan, said the spokesman of the DSS told him Soyinka was arrested on the request of another security agency.
Premium Times reports that Nigerian authorities had recently said that some Nigerians who played roles in the recent #endbadgovernanceyinNigeria protest had been placed on watchlist at the nation’s international airports.
It is unclear if Mr Adejuwon’s arrest is related to that controversial action, although the journalist is not publicly known to have participated in the organisation and execution of the protest.
Several journalists covering the ten-day protest were attacked and brutalized by security agents, including personnel of the SSS.
In one shocking case in Abuja, operatives shot live ammunition at a car carrying some journalists who were on duty at the Moshood Abiola Stadium where peaceful protesters gathered.
Soyinka Released
BRANDPOWER can confirm that the Regional Editor West Africa of the Conversation Africa, Juwon Soyinka, who was arrested in the early hours of Sunday has been released after spnding hours in DSS custody.
His release followed the intervention of the spokesperson for the Department of State Services, Dr Peter Afunayan. His passport however was not released.
