The Ministry of Interior has denied allegation it is compiling a list of leading voices of the #EndSARS campaign to place them on travel ban.
The ministry In a Twitter post denied the allegation following a report by Peoples Gazette that the interior ministry under Rauf Aregbesola requested from the Department of State Services if it had a profile of key supporters of the protests.
The ministry said it had not and would not generate any no-fly list.
The tweet read, “The Ministry of Interior did not, has not and will not generate any no-fly list. Ignore fake news please!”
The Ministry of Interior did not, has not and will not generate any no-fly list.
Ignore fake news please! pic.twitter.com/zR65TK1uiG
— Ministry of Interior (@MinOfInteriorNG) November 3, 2020
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) had on Sunday prevented a promoter of the #EndSARS movement, Modupe Odele.
In a tweet Tuesday morning, she said no reason had been given for the action. She said she had been invited back in with her lawyers.
“Hello everyone. Thank you so much. I’m fine and I’m safe. We haven’t confirmed yet why I was stopped on Sunday or by whom,” she tweeted.
“But I’ve been invited back in with my lawyers today. I’ll update when I have more information but please don’t spread false news. That is dangerous.”
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