BREAKING: SSS arrests Nigerian journalist, Soyinka

BREAKING: SSS arrests Nigerian journalist, Soyinka

By Fashina Shakiru

The State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, FLY CABLE NEWS gathered.

This according to PREMIUM TIMES published on its website on Sunday “Mr Soyinka 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.”

As of the time of this report, no reason has been given for his detention by the security agency.

When contacted over the matter, the spokesperson for the SSS, Peter Afunanya, said, “I am not aware of the matter you have raised and have no comments on it, please.”

The award-winning journalist’s colleagues said he has not been reachable as messages and calls to his phone have been unanswered, PREMIUM TIMES reports.

Mr Soyinka, a former pioneer editor of the BBC Pidgin Service.