BREAKING: DSS Detains Female Journalist Zainab Sodiq, Who Covered Sowore’s Activities, After Luring Her To Retrieve Seized Drone In Abuja

July 8, 2026

SaharaReporters learnt that the secret police had earlier seized a drone used by Sodiq while covering Sowore at the domestic airport in Lagos.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly detained a female journalist, Zainab Sodiq, who has actively covered the activities of human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore.

SaharaReporters learnt that the secret police had earlier seized a drone used by Sodiq while covering Sowore at the domestic airport in Lagos.

She was subsequently contacted and told to travel to Abuja to retrieve the seized drone from a DSS officer identified only as Musa.