DSS Arrested member of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign Not Oby Ezekwesili

The Department of State Security has denied arresting a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili.

Media reports had it that the leading member of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign was arrested, quizzed and released.

Mr, Ita Ekpeyong, Director-General of the DSS, explained  on Monday that there was no truth in the report.

Ekpeyong said the former minister was currently in London and there was no way she could have been arrested.

“Did she tell you she was arrested? Did you see her? She is currently in London and that shows you that she was not arrested. We did not arrest her,” he declared.

Ezakwesili alleged that her travelling passport was seized but was later released for her to continue on her journey to the UK.

Ex- Minister arrested by State Security at Abuja

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, was Monday morning arrested by security agents at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,  Abuja, as she tried to travel to London for a scheduled engagement.

The operatives confiscated her travelling documents as well.

She was however released after the government came under intense pressure as news of her arrest flooded the social media and travelled around the country, with many Nigerians lambasting the administration for increasingly clamping down on critics and members of the opposition.

Mrs. Ezekwesili had tweeted at 7:37 a.m. Monday that she was heading to London to appear on the BBC Hardtalk programme but was prevented from boarding her flight by security operatives.

Is this a democracy? I am being detained by the SSS at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport . The SSS has refused to give my passport to me,” she posted. “On my way to London this morning for my @BBCHARDtalk appearance billed for tomorrow and the SSS has detained me by withholding my passport.”