Regional Editor West Africa of the Conversation Africa and former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, Adejuwon Soyinka, has been detained.
PERISCOPE NIGERIA gathered that he was held by officers of Department of State Security (DSS) at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that Soyinka’s arrest occurred around 5.40am on Sunday the 25th of August, 2024 shortly after he arrived Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.
As at the time of this report, no reason had been given for his detention by the security agency. Soyinka has not been reachable as messages and calls to his phone have been unanswered.
Meanwhile, sources close to operatives confirmed that it may not be unconnected with some of his investigative stories in the past and the ones yet unpublished.
