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Yoruba Nation agitator and secessionist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, according to a News item by The PUNCH Newspaper.
He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on
Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent as
he was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks
after the Department of State Services declared him wanted for allegedly
stockpiling arms, an allegation he has since denied.
The source told The PUNCH that
Igboho will be repatriated to Nigeria on Tuesday (today) from Benin Republic,
one of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries in the West African sub region.
“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.
You would recall that the Nigerian secret
police had raided his residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on the 1st
of July and arrested some his of his aides and killed two of them in a gun duel
with the Federal Government of Nigeria placing the Nigeria Immigration Service
and the Nigeria Customs Service on alert to stop Igboho from leaving the
country.
When contacted, a member of Igboho’s legal
team, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said he would speak with the lead counsel, Yomi Aliyu
(SAN), and revert later.
DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, did not
respond to a text message seeking confirmation on the matter.
Afunanya, at a briefing on July 1, 2021, had
vowed that “Igboho may run as far as he can. He may hide as long as he
wants…But this will be the end of his shenanigans.”
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