Mistaken Identity: DSS Releases Soyinka’s Passport And Issues Apology

Mistaken Identity: DSS Releases Soyinka’s Passport And Issues Apology

The Department of State Services (DSS) has returned the passport of investigative journalist Adejuwon Soyinka, which was seized during his detention at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Soyinka, who serves as the West Africa Regional Editor at The Conversation Africa, retrieved his passport on Friday with the assistance of human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong…….CONTINUE READING 

Soyinka was detained by DSS operatives on Sunday at the airport and held for approximately eight hours, undergoing interrogation at both the DSS Airport Command and the agency’s Ikoyi office. Although he was released later that day, his passport was retained by the DSS.

Following his release, Soyinka reported that no specific charges were made against him. He later discovered that his name had been added to a watchlist at the behest of an unnamed government agency. The DSS has since suggested that the arrest and detention were likely the result of mistaken identity.

Effiong, who accompanied Soyinka to collect his passport, confirmed that the DSS operatives apologized for the incident and returned the passport without further complications. Effiong remarked, “I went with Soyinka to retrieve his passport today. The DSS’s explanation of a possible mistaken identity was not surprising to me.

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