Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
According to report, a top source familiar with the matter disclosed that Igboho was arrested by security forces at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night while trying to board a flight to Germany.
Afriupdate News recalls that operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS had raided Igboho’s Ibadan residence in the Soka area on July 1, 2021, arrested about 12 of his aides and killed two of them in a gun duel.
Sunday Igboho Arrested In Cotonou
The Nigerian secret police had declared Igboho wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation he has since denied.
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The source stated that the Yoruba activist would be repatriated to Nigeria on Tuesday (today) from Benin Republic.
“He was arrested in Cotonou while he tried to travel out on Monday night. His destination was Germany. The security forces in Benin Republic should repatriate him to Nigeria on Tuesday,” the source said.
When Afriupdate contacted, a member of Igboho’s legal team, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said he would speak with the lead counsel, Yomi Aliyu (SAN), to verify the report.
In a related news, Aloy Ejimako, one of the counsels of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, has alleged that the Department of State Services, DSS has stopped his client from signing a consular assistance form by the United Kingdom.
Barrister Aloy Ejimako made this known in a statement on Monday.
Recall that following the rearrest and repatriation of the Biafra freedom fighter back to the country recently, the British High Commission had offered to extended consular assistance to the fugitive.
Kanu who is a dual citizen of both British and Nigeria is currently been detained in the custody of the Nigerian secret police – READ MORE HERE
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