Crime and Law
Breaking: Why we arrested Nigerian journalist, Soyinka – DSS

The Department of State Service (DSS) has given the reason for arresting a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, early on Sunday.
Thediscovererng.com earlier reported that SSS operatives arrested Mr Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, shortly after he arrived in Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.
The reason for his arrest was not immediately known.
SSS spokesperson, Peter Ifunnaya, said that he was not aware of the arrest and detention of Mr Soyinka, the pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service.
However, Mr Ifunnaya has said in an update he shared that the SSS “intercepted” the journalist based on a request from another government agency.
“We are working on Adejuwon Soyinka’s case,” he confirmed in a text message on Sunday.
But he did not provide the identity of the agency on whose behalf, he said, the arrest was carried out.
According to reports, after the arrest, the journalist was driven from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to the SSS headquarters annex in Lagos.
An SSS source told this newspaper that that agency was still trying to reach out to the agency that requested his interception for further action.
The source said, in the event that the SSS is unable to promptly communicate with the agency requesting the arrest, the journalist would be released and asked to report back on Monday.
Initially, the award-winning journalist’s colleagues said they could not contact him as messages and calls to his phone have been unanswered.
The arrest comes about two weeks after the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests during which the SSS and the police operatives harassed and fired tear gas and live ammunition at journalists and peaceful protesters.
Some peaceful protesters arrested in their homes are still being held in custody, in an extensive government clampdown that is now targeting vocal protesters and organisers of the demonstrations.
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