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IPC Decries Persistent Harassment Of Its Executive Director, Lanre Arogundade By DSS

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ā€¦.Says Action Constitutes Systematic Abuse Of Power, Rights Violation

The International Press Centre (IPC), has strongly registered its displeasure over yet another incident of harassment of its Executive Director, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, by officials of the State Security Service (SSS) otherwise known as the Department of State Services (DSS, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria.

In a statement signed by IPC’s Press Freedom Officer, Melody Akinjiyan, the media organisation noted that the incident of Thursday April 11, while Mr. Arogundade prepared to board a late-night Air France Flight to Berlin, Germany to participate in the respective general meetings and conferences of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) would be the umpteenth time of such unwelcome development.

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Mr. Arogundade is a renowned journalist, advocate for social justice and democracy, former Chairman of the Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists and former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students.

The IPC noted that it believes ā€œthese roles and positions should not warrant his unending torment by the DSS.ā€

Mr. Arogundade had recounted the encounter in a Facebook post: ā€œI was harassed by DSS officials for about 40 minutes because they claimed my name was still flashing on their watchlist despite the declaration two years ago by the Director General of the State Security Service, Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi, that my name had been removed when he met a delegation of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) led by Musikilu Mojeed.ā€

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According to the statement, Mr. Arogundade additionally informed IPC management that the senior DSS official to whom he was referred threatened to bar him from traveling unless he produced his old passports describing the request as ā€œbizarre and ridiculousā€.

The statement added, ā€œIPC holds that the persistent harassment violates Mr. Arogundadeā€™s right to freedom of movement while undermining basic democratic principles.

ā€œIPC hereby calls on the Director General of the DSS, and in particular his men and officers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport to desist from further harassing Mr. Arogundadeā€, the media body appealled.

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