DSS arrests ex-BBC journalist at Lagos Airport

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DSS arrests ex-BBC journalist at Lagos Airport

CHIGOZIE AMADI

Nigeria’s Secret Police, Department of State Service, DSS on Sunday arrested a journalist Adejuwon Soyinka at Lagos Airport.

The journalist works with The Conversation Africa as a West African Regional Editor.

Soyinka had previously served as the Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service.

According to findings, Soyinka was arrested at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 5:40 am, shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom on a Virgin Atlantic flight.

As at press time, the reason for his detention remains unclear.