By Gideon Njoku
Ignore the news making the rounds on some Social Media platforms.
Sunday Adeyemo, popular as Sunday Igboho, is still held in a detention facility in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
He has not been released. He is not on his way to Germany, or any European country.
Igboho, declared wanted by the Directorate of State Security on July the 1st, after an invasion of his home in Ibadan, during which time he escaped, was arrested Monday night at an airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic. During the raid in his home, two of his associates were killed, and 12 arrested.
Igboho went underground, but was arrested along with his wife,who is a German citizen, Monday night in Cotonou, as they made to leave for Germany.
But within hours, stories emerged that due to pressure exerted on the Government of the Republic of Benin by the Embassies of Germany, USA, Canada, etc, Igboho was released, and was on his way to Germany.
In fact, photographs of a relaxed and laughing Igboho, sitting on board an aircraft were, also, published.
But everything turns out to be fake. His Lawyer in Cotonou confirmed that he was not allowed to see Igboho when he went to visit him. He was asked to come back on Wednesday, 8.00am.
According to Professor Wale Adeniran, a member of the Ilana Omo Odua, the umbrella body of all Yoruba Self Determination Groups, Igboho’s lawyer told him Igboho was still under custody. Professor Adeniran spoke during a zoom interview on Heritage Multimedia TV, and quoted by The Nation.
Adeniran, speaking angrily over the fake news of his release said: “I have just spoken with his lawyer. The lawyer has visited the location where he (Igboho) is being 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 8.00 am to see him.”
Adeniran said that the lawyer assured him that Igboho will not be extradited to Nigeria through the back door as he has already filed an application with the Immigration lawyer.
Recall that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, who like Igboho, has been agitating for the Republic of Biafra, was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, three weeks ago and brought back to Nigeria.
Igboho is agitating for the Republic of Oduduwa.
