Why we seized #EndSARS activist passport – Immigration

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says the passport of Modupe Odele, an #EndSARS advocate, was not seized as a result of the campaign against police brutality.

It said the action of the agency was just a routine border assignment.

Odele, a legal practitioner and member of the Feminist Coalition, had narrated how NIS officials stopped her from travelling out of the country.

The Feminist Coalition, which is the promoter of the #EndSARS protest, raised about N147m for the cause.

The lawyer, who was actively involved in the campaign, offered legal aid to persons who were arrested during the demonstration.

NIS spokesman, Sunday James, said on Thursday that the passport was seized as part of a routine border assignment.

He said whenever a restriction was placed on any individual, the immigration service would be responsible for its enforcement.

James added that the action had no link with the #EndSARS protests.

“As an enforcement agency in charge of border management, if there is an order restricting anybody from entry into the country, we enforce it without any prejudice. This doesn’t have anything to do with EndSARS protest or an individual, it is a routine assignment,” NAN quoted him to have said.

The Federal Government has been accused of generating a no fly list of #EndSARS promoters — but it denied this claim.