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DSS Arrests UK-Based Nigerian Pastor At Lagos Airport

  • Date of Occurrence
    April 7, 2023
  • State/Country
    Lagos, Nigeria
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The founder of the RIG Nation and Pioneer Church, UK, Apostle Tomi Arayomi was arrested and detained in Nigeria by security agents on Friday.

This was disclosed by his twin brother, Tobi Arayomi, via his Instagram page, @tobiarayomi, around 12 pm.

According to Tobi, his brother was apprehended by operatives of the Department of State Services for alleged politics-related prophecies he made.

“Hello everybody, I need your help. I just received news that my brother has been detained by the Department of State Services, DSS in Nigeria. He has been arrested for political reasons, my brother and his wife, Tema.

“He just arrived in Lagos and they detained him at the airport. He is politically targeted because some of his prophetic words have troubled the government in Nigeria,” Tobi said.

The cleric in question had been making predictions about the 2023 Nigerian elections and the outcomes.

Ahead of the elections, he urged Nigerians to vote for an “outsider”, noting that the 2023 electoral process will first produce Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as president-elect.

THE WHISTLER reached out to the DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunnaya, to confirm or deny the arrest.

“Why don’t you call the Pastor, pls.” Afunnaya responded.

When THE WHISTLER noted that Tomi’s brother alleged that the pastor was picked up by DSS operatives, Afunnaya insisted our correspondent reached the pastor directly instead “and not conclude with what a third party said or told you.”

About 40 minutes later, Tobi posted a photo of his brother and his wife on Instagram, stating they have been released.

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Again, Nigerian Pastor Detained In U.S. After DSS Arrest

The founder of the RIG Nation and Pioneer Church, UK, Apostle Tomi Arayomi, has disclosed that he was detained again on the 14th of April by immigration officials upon arrival in Houston, United States.
The cleric and his wife were in the news last week following their arrest and detention in Nigeria by the Department of States Services, DSS.

Details of their detention were not made public but the cleric had been making predictions about the 2023 Nigerian election and the outcomes.

He was subsequently released by the DSS and had to leave Nigeria abruptly after a “lengthy interrogation” but his aide is still being detained in the country.

On Friday, he tweeted that a US immigration official seized his passport and detained him briefly when he arrived in the country.
“I wasn’t going to share this story but I was detained in Houston on arrival for the first time ever! I don’t know the particulars of why I was detained or if there was any correlation with my Nigerian arrest all I know is that within minutes of my landing,, my passport was confiscated and I was led to a detention room by an officer.

“Just as the door opened, another immigration officer looked at me and said, “Prophet, what are you doing in here!” I said, “I don’t know!”

“Within seconds she took my passport from the officer and whispered in his ear. She walked past me in the detention center as if she didn’t even know me anymore. I tried to catch her eye to say thank you but she walked right past me.

“Within 60 seconds I was out! I don’t know if that woman was human or Angel all I know is God is good! And the same God who goes before Me. Will go before you, satan cannot cage your assignment! In Jesus' Name! I declare you are unstoppable!!! To that woman, human or Angel, I thank God for you!” he tweeted.

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2023-04-07
  • State/Country
    Lagos
  • Perpetrator
    Department of security service
  • Source
    https://thewhistler.ng/breaking-dss-arrests-uk-based-nigerian-pastor-at-lagos-airport/
Location
  • Lagos, Nigeria

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  • South West
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  • Freedom of Expression
  • Political Restrictions
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Female
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Forced Disappearances, Unlawful Arrests and Detention
  • Trials, Prosecution and Persecutions

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