The State Security Service on Sunday, August 25, detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Soyinka is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa and a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service.
PremiumTimes reports that he was detained by SSS operatives at about 5.40 a.m. upon his arrival from the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight.
According to the report, no reason has been given for his detention by the security agency.
The award-winning journalist’s colleagues said he has not been reachable as messages and calls to his phone have been unanswered.
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