‘Sunday Igboho Still Held In Cotonu, Not Released’

Contrary to trending reports that embattled Yoruba Nation
Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been released and
flown to Germany, he is still being held by the Beninoise
authorities.

TheNigerialawyer reports Igboho was arrested at an airport in
Cotonou on Monday night.

Professor Wale Adeniran of Ilana Omo Odua, umbrella body of
Yoruba self-determination groups, confirmed this in a zoom
conversation organised by Heritage Multimedia TV monitored by our
correspondent on Tuesday evening.

Adeniran, a pioneer Commissioner of Education in Osun State and
former Director of Institute of African Studies at Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, refuted the trending reports that he has been
released.

He said: “I have just spoken with his lawyer. The lawyer has
visited the location where he (Igboho) is been held.

“He was not allowed to see him (Igboho) but they confirmed to
him that they are holding him in that location.

“He was asked to come back tomorrow (Wednesday) by 8:00am to see
him.

“I asked him hope they are not going to play a funny game of
secretly extraditing him, the lawyer told me it is not
possible.

“We filed an application for political asylum for him over a
week ago. With that in process, he cannot be legally extradited
from Benin republic. I am very confident about that.

“I handle the application myself with the immigration lawyer and
he assured me that since that application has been filed, he cannot
be extradited. I think we should be rest assured that he will have
the opportunity to see him tomorrow.”

Adeniran carpeted those falsely reporting he has been
released.

He said: “Why should people be putting out false information
that he has been released which is injurious to this struggle and
to the welfare and wellbeing of igboho?”

Adeniran disclosed four international lawyers from Benin
Republic, Nigeria, France, Britain are on the case but when they
saw the trending news, they had to call him to confirm.

“When the lawyers saw the false information, they relaxed, I had
to tell them it is false. So can you see the damage,” he added.

Contrary to trending reports that embattled Yoruba Nation
Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been released and
flown to Germany, he is still being held by the Beninoise
authorities.

TheNigerialawyer reports Igboho was arrested at an airport in
Cotonou on Monday night.

Professor Wale Adeniran of Ilana Omo Odua, umbrella body of
Yoruba self-determination groups, confirmed this in a zoom
conversation organised by Heritage Multimedia TV monitored by our
correspondent on Tuesday evening.

Adeniran, a pioneer Commissioner of Education in Osun State and
former Director of Institute of African Studies at Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, refuted the trending reports that he has been
released.

He said: “I have just spoken with his lawyer. The lawyer has
visited the location where he (Igboho) is been held.

“He was not allowed to see him (Igboho) but they confirmed to
him that they are holding him in that location.

“He was asked to come back tomorrow (Wednesday) by 8:00am to see
him.

“I asked him hope they are not going to play a funny game of
secretly extraditing him, the lawyer told me it is not
possible.

“We filed an application for political asylum for him over a
week ago. With that in process, he cannot be legally extradited
from Benin republic. I am very confident about that.

“I handle the application myself with the immigration lawyer and
he assured me that since that application has been filed, he cannot
be extradited. I think we should be rest assured that he will have
the opportunity to see him tomorrow.”

Adeniran carpeted those falsely reporting he has been
released.

He said: “Why should people be putting out false information
that he has been released which is injurious to this struggle and
to the welfare and wellbeing of igboho?”

Adeniran disclosed four international lawyers from Benin
Republic, Nigeria, France, Britain are on the case but when they
saw the trending news, they had to call him to confirm.

“When the lawyers saw the false information, they relaxed, I had
to tell them it is false. So can you see the damage,” he added.