The Conversation Africa condemns the harassment of its West Africa editor, Adejuwon Soyinka, by Nigeria’s Department of State Security operatives.
Soyinka was detained for six hours on Sunday when he landed in Lagos on a flight from the UK. He was stopped by immigration officials on the basis that there was a problem with his passport. However, he was later told during questioning by Department of State Security operatives that his name had been placed on a watchlist by another unnamed state security agency for reasons that were not explained.
He was later released. But his passport was withheld, pending confirmation by the Department of State Security that the unnamed agency that placed him on a watch list was no longer interested in him.
