*Withholds Passport
THE West Africa’s Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, Mr. Adejuwon Soyinka, who was earlier arrested by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) on Sunday, August 25, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on arrival from the United Kingdom, has been released.
Soyinka, the founding editor of BBC Pidgin Service, was picked up at the airport and initial attempts thereafter by concerned journalists and family members to reach him proved abortive, as calls and messages to his phone were not answered nor his whereabouts known.
A colleague said: “Adejuwon Soyinka was detained by officers of the Department of State Security at the Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos.
“The incident occurred around 5.40am on Sunday, August 25, 2024, shortly after he arrived in Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom (UK).
Spokesman of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, had said he was not aware of Soyinka’s arrest and had no comments on it.
However, another message by his friend later disclosed that Soyinka had been released by the DSS, who held him in their Ikoyi office, but seized International Passport.
