BREAKING: Igboho returns to cell as Cotonou court adjourns hearing
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been remanded to cell in the Benin Republic.
This came after the Court D’Appeal in Cotonou adjourned the case involving the Yoruba rights activist till Friday, July 23, 2021
Igboho and his wife have been in custody since their arrest at the Cardinal Bernardin International airport, Cotonou, as they attempted to board a flight to Germany on Monday.
Meanwhile, his wife has been released following orders from the court after she was arrested alongside her husband.
A statement by Media Communications Secretary of the Yoruba self-determination groups’ umbrella body Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO) Mr Maxwell Adeleye, confirmed the case has been adjourned again till Monday 26th July to allow the Federal Government to bring up whatever evidence they may have against Igboho.
It said: “The Lawyers handling the case reported after the proceedings that Chief Sunday Adeyemo lgboho cannot be extradited to Nigeria for two principal reasons:
“1. That contrary to insinuations, Nigeria and Benin have no Extradition Agreement
“2. That Nigeria has not been able to come up with charges that could lead the court to order lgboho’s extradition to Nigeria.”