After over two hours, the executive director of the International Press Centre, Mr Lanre Arogundade has been released by security agents.
Earlier reports said that Arogundade was being detained at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, after he was told he had no right to enter Nigeria.
“He left Nigeria for Gambia on January 30, 2022, to train Gambian journalists on sensitive reporting with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and upon his return, they flagged his international passport and may have deactivated it like they did to human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore,” a source had revealed.
Hours later, Arogundade said on Facebook, “To all… thanks. My passport has been returned by the DSS and I’m now just leaving the airport despite arriving since 3.30pm. I will update further.”
