There are indications that the Prof Okey Ndibe has been detained by the Department of State Security (DSS).
ENigeria Newspaper reports that Professor Okey Ndibe, renowned Anambra-born novelist, academic and public intellectual, arrived Nigeria, the morning of Monday, June 1, 2026 upon returning from his base in the United States of America, and he is being detained by the Department of State Security (DSS).
According to sources, the officials of the DSS insist that they are waiting for orders from above before he can be released.
Sources claimed that Prof Ndibe has time-bound duties he planned to accomplish in Nigeria which are being impeded by this unwarranted detention.
This is a developing story. More to come.












