Olainfo had earlier reported that the Yoruba agitator, Sunday Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic on Monday night.
It was gathered that the activist was arrested by Benin authority at the airport in Cotonou while trying to flee the continent to Germany
On a contrary report by several news media earlier today, Pelumi Olajengbesi
, one of the lawyers representing Sunday Igboho and other Yoruba secessionists has claimed that Sunday Igboho voluntarily surrendered himself to Benin security operatives.
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freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has state that the activist surrendered himself and was not captured by the security operatives.
Speaking with SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning, Olajengbesi said, “Truly he was arrested and I have confirmed that. We are making efforts to ensure that he is fine. You know the Department of State Services declared him wanted.
We just believe that Sunday Igboho is not the problem. He is someone who believed that the Yoruba people and Nigerians generally should live in peace wherever they are.
“As a matter of fact, let me tell you now. That Sunday Igboho was arrested simply because he wanted to make himself available to the government. If not, Sunday Igboho is not someone who can be arrested that way.
But because he believes that the journey to justice for the Yoruba people and for the Nigerian state to be able to live in peace may be needed for him to be available, that was why.”
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