The federal government has denied putting names of #EndSARS protesters on a no-fly list.
A no-fly list is a register of people banned from boarding commercial aircraft for travel within, into, or out of a country.
An online news outlet had reported that a no-fly list of “hundreds of Nigerians” the government suspects of energising the #EndSARS protest is being compiled.
The news outlet alleged that Rauf Aregbesola, minister interior, was responsible for the list.
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But in a tweet on Tuesday, the ministry of interior dismissed the claim, saying it is fake news.
“The Ministry of Interior did not, has not and will not generate any no-fly list. Ignore fake news please!” the ministry tweeted.
The Ministry of Interior did not, has not and will not generate any no-fly list.
AdvertisementIgnore fake news please! pic.twitter.com/zR65TK1uiG
— Ministry of Interior (@MinOfInteriorNG) November 3, 2020
The report was published after the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) reportedly stopped Modupe Odele, a member of the Feminist Coalition, from travelling out of the country.
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Odele, a lawyer was actively involved in the #EndSARS campaign, offering legal aid to persons arrested during the demonstrations.
The lawyer said she was detained and her passport seized at Murtala Mohammed International airport, Lagos.
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