The International Press Centre (IPC) has called for a stop to the harassment of Lanre Arogundade, its executive director, by Department of State Services (DSS) officers....CONTINUE READING
FIJ understands that Arogundade’s name used to be on the DSS watchlist. His name was put on the list between 1984 and 1985, during his days as the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
Although the name was removed in 2022, as reported by Vanguard, Arogundade, who is also a veteran journalist, was harassed last Thursday by DSS officials at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State.
The journalist was going to board a late-night flight to Germany to attend some conferences when the incident happened.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the IPC, the security officials claimed that the journalist’s name was still on their watchlist. It was also stated that a senior DSS official threatened to bar him from travelling unless he produced his old passports.
A statement by the IPC reads in full:
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