Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has been released from protective custody in neighbouring Republic of Benin.
Yoruba Nation Leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, who confirmed Igboho’s release in a statement, said that the activist was already on his way to Germany to be reunited with his family.
Igboho, who regained freedom after two years of trial by the Beninese government, said he was now legally free to leave Cotonou, capital of the Benin Republic, to Nigeria and other countries.
“I am now free to return to Nigeria and visit any country in the world. I have fulfilled all the legal conditions attached to my bail a few years back and I am coming home to Nigeria, my country of origin, any moment from now.
“I can confirm to you that I am now free to come back to Nigeria. There is no legal encumbrance again. Even though I have been living in Cotonou for some time, I can confirm to you categorically that I have now secured the liberty to leave Cotonou for Nigeria,” said Adeyemo.
TheLeadng reports that Igboho was arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on his way to Germany.
He had fled Nigeria after a bloody raid on his Soka residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital by the Department of State Service (DSS), which accused him of stockpiling arms.
A local newspaper in the neighbouring country, Banouto, quoted the authorities as saying Igboho was nabbed at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport in Cotonou.
He was “disembarked from his plane, arrested by the Beninese police while he was trying to travel to Germany and then transferred to the Cotonou Criminal Brigade.”
He has remained in protective custody in the Republic of Benin before his release yesterday.
