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25.08.2024 Featured UPDATED: DSS Arrests Conversation Africa Journalist at Lagos Airport

Published 25th Aug, 2024

By Opeyemi Lawal

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Adejuwon Soyinka, a Nigerian journalist with The Conversation Africa.

According to PREMIUM TIMES, Soyinka was apprehended and detained by officials of the state security service after he arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMI), Lagos at about 5:40 am on Sunday.

Soyinka had arrived Lagos from the United Kingdom on a Virgin Atlantic flight.

READ ALSO: ANALYSIS: PIDOM’s Bail Is Impossible. Level 16 Civil Servants Need More Than 150 Years to Afford N500m

FIJ understands that the DSS has yet to give a reason for Soyinka’s arrest.

With his arrest on Sunday, Soyinka joins the list of journalists who are being hounded by the Nigerian government for different reasons.

On Friday, the news broke that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had detained Isaac Bristol, a leak journalist, popularly known as @PIDOMNIGERIA.

The NPF had arrested him based on accusations of a breach of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) by publishing leaks that indict the government and terrorism financing.

Following his arrest, the police subjected him to inhumane treatment and are demanding two level 16 civil servants who owned landed property worth at least N500 million in Abuja for his release.

However, an analysis by FIJ has revealed that it would take more than 150 years for any level 16 civil servant to be able to afford the bail fee required by the police.

READ ALSO: UPDATED: NPF-NCCC Releases FIJ Founder on Bail

‘Fisayo Soyombo, the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) was released on bail by the police after turning himself in at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) on August 14.

Similarly, Daniel Ojukwu, a reporter with FIJ was abducted by the police in May and spent 10 days in detention before his release. As part of this bail condition, Ojukwu, has to travel from Lagos to Abuja every two weeks.

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Published 25th Aug, 2024

By Opeyemi Lawal

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