Modupe Odele, one of the lawyers that have made themselves available to help their co-#EndSARS protesters get justice as the nationwide demonstration went on has been apprehended and stopped from travelling abroad.
She revealed this in a newsletter she sent out on Monday 2nd November, this reporter being one of the recipients, screenshots of which she asked not to be shared.
Modupe Odele noted that she had planned to travel to Maldives, a small archipelagic island country in South Asia to celebrate her birthday only to be stopped by the immigration officer who had cleared her earlier. “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”, she began.
“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. 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.
Giving an update on Twitter, Modupe Odele revealed that till date, she still doesn’t know why the reason for her apprehension and the seizure of her international passport, nor the reason she is under investigation. She added that she has been invited in with her lawyers today Tuesday and will give further updates when she has one. Read also: The End SARS Protests Are Giving Me Joy – Ooni Of Ife Says, Shares Personal Experience
“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. 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“, she wrote.
