The Department of State Services (DSS) has freed a journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, hours after he was picked up at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The reason for his arrest early Sunday was unknown as of the time of filing this report but a source close to the former BBC Pidgin Editor confirmed his release to one of our correspondents.
The source, however, said the secret police seized his travel passport.
Soyinka, the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested around 5 am upon arrival at the Lagos airport from the United Kingdom.
ALSO READ [BREAKING] DSS detains Soyinka at Lagos Airport
Earlier, ASHENEWS reported that the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), also known as the State Security Service (SSS), detained the Nigerian journalist at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, August 25.
The incident occurred around 5:40 a.m. shortly after Soyinka arrived in Lagos from the United Kingdom on a Virgin Atlantic flight.
Soyinka, who is widely recognized as the West African Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa and a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was taken into custody by DSS operatives under unclear circumstances.
