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#EndSARS: Immigration Stops Protest Front Liner, Modupe Odele From Traveling



The Nigeria Immigration  Service on Monday, November 2, prevented a front liner of #EndSARS protest, Modupe Odele, from traveling out of the country.

According to reports, the officers did not disclose the reason for intercepting her but she had seen parts of a document in their computer which revealed she was under a watch list because of her alleged role in the #EndSARS protests.

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In a newsletter sent out on Monday, the lawyer said she was on her way to the Maldives to celebrate her birthday when she was accosted by immigration officers. 

“For my birthday, I had planned a trip to the Maldives. It was really for a break as the events of the last three weeks have exhausted my mind and body in a way I have never been exhausted in my life. 

“I went to the airport, passed through immigration, and while I was putting my bags through the body and baggage scanner, the immigration officer who had previously cleared me, called me back. He told me he had orders from above to detain me.

“Okay, at this point I’m like excuse me, my flight is in an hour. On what grounds are you detaining me?” He didn’t respond. Instead, he goes to his computer where he typed in my name and something that looked like a ‘wanted poster’ popped up on the portal. 

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“He blocked my view so I couldn’t see most of it but I saw some of it. And it read something like – ‘This person is under investigation by XYZ Intelligence Agency. If seen, they should be apprehended on sight,’” she wrote.
Modupe said she was detained while her passport was seized by the officers and she was made to miss her flight. 

She also said that she had been able to identify the security agency that put her on the watch list, adding that she would be returning there on Tuesday. 

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When contacted, NIS Spokesman, Sunday James, said he couldn’t confirm the development yet and asked for more time. 

The lawyer, had through her Twitter handle, @Mochievous, mobilised her 219,000 followers during the demonstrations. She had also offered free legal aid to persons who were unjustly arrested during the protests. 

Meanwhile, #FreeMoeSexy had begun trending on Twitter by Tuesday morning as thousands called on the authorities to stop harassing Odele.


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