- A top Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, has been arrested by the country’s secret police, the DSS
- Soyinka was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport early on Sunday morning, August 25, as he came in from the UK
- According to an international media watchdog, Nigeria is one of West Africa’s “most dangerous and difficult countries for journalists”
Journalist Juwon Soyinka has been arrested by the DSS.
Photo credit: @NigeriaStoriesSource: TwitterDetained Adejuwon Soyinka held incommunicadoAdejuwon Soyinka has been detained by officers of the Department of State Security at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The incident happened around 5.40 am on Sunday, the 25th of August, 2024, shortly after he arrived in Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.”Soyinka has not been reachable as messages and calls to his phone have been unanswered.Seeming worsening press freedom in NigeriaDSS arrests EndBadGovernance protest leader
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