Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, Yoruba Nation agitator has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic and will be repatriated to Nigeria today.
He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent. The Punch reports.
Igboho was arrested by the security forces in the Benin Republic about three weeks after the Department of State Services declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation he has since denied.
“He was arrested in Cotonou while he tried to travel out on Monday night. His destination was Germany. The security forces in the Benin Republic should repatriate him to Nigeria on Tuesday,” the source said.
The Nigerian secret police had raided Igboho’s Ibadan residence in the Soka area on July 1, 2021, arrested about 12 of his aides and killed two of them in a gun duel.
The Federal Government of Nigeria had placed the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service on alert to stop Igboho from leaving the country.
