Detained Lagos blogger Precious Eze, proprietor of preciouseze.com, on Thursday afternoon, December 21, 2023, regained his freedom from the DSS.
Eze was traced to a facility of the Department of State Service (DSS) in Enugu, where a lawyer successfully secured his release on bail, a source close to Mr. Eze said.
It will be recalled that on Sunday, December 17, the news broke of the arrest and detention. He was also reported to have been held incommunicado.
“Precious was arrested at his residence by Special Forces from Abuja on Tuesday, 12th of December, 2023, at 1.24am,” his cousin, Emeka Preshneze, had confirmed.
Emeka, who lives with Precious Eze, said he witnessed the arrest and failed in his bid to stop it.
“I have been making efforts to trace where he could be but to no avail,” he lamented.
He appealed to “the security agencies, including DSS, Police and Military” to provide Precious Eze “because they were ones that came for his arrest.”
As news of Eze’s arrest and detention spread, an online movement soon sprang up for his release, even as concerned friends undertook a frantic search for him in DSS facilities in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu.
It is not yet known why Mr. Eze was arrested.
Source: News Express
