Nigerians have taken to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State to protest after the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) arrested Omoyele Sowore on Sunday.
The Sahara Reporters publisher arrived Nigeria on Sunday morning, but the NIS took him into detention and released him later.
This move sparked an angry reaction from those present, some of whom where donning orange shirts and berets, the signature colours of Sowore’s #RevolutionNow campaign.
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Protesters at the airport
On Thursday, FIJ reported that the DSS had issued directives to its operatives to arrest and take Sowore to its headquarters upon his entry into the country.
It was not the first time the DSS would arrest and release a journalist.
In August, the secret police arrested Adejuwon Soyinka, a former BBC editor, and released him later, claiming it eas a case of mistaken identity.
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