The Department of State Services ( DSS) has arrested the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, Adejuwon Soyinka.
Mr Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday upon his arrival from the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight, per Premium Times report.
As of the time of this 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, the online newspaper added.
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