Nigeria Expels Newsweek Reporter
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Nigerian officials detained a Newsweek correspondent for nine hours at the Lagos airport before expelling him as a “prohibited immigrant,” the journalist said today.
Ray Wilkinson, 43, Nairobi-based reporter for the weekly magazine, flew to London on Monday morning.
In a telephone interview, Wilkinson said he flew from Nairobi to Lagos on Sunday to cover a meeting in Nigeria on African debt.
He said he had a visa issued by the Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi, but airport immigration officials said he was a “prohibited immigrant.” The journalist said he was held in a security office and was not allowed to make telephone calls.
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