Lawyer says Sunday Igboho will be released soon

Human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi has said Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, will soon be released from detention.

According to The Nation report, Olajengbesi has since resigned from the team of Nigerian lawyers for Igboho, he advised Yoruba leaders not to be selfish.

Igboho has been in detention in Benin Republic since he was arrested at an airport in Cotonou by the West Africa’s nation Security Forces while he was trying to flee to Germany in July 2020.

The 49-year-old agitator fled Nigeria for Benin Republic after the Federal Government declared him wanted.

Despite frantic efforts to get him released, checks by The Nation show he has spent over 201 days in Benin Republic prison.

Nicknamed after his hometown, Mr Igboho rose to fame following his role in the Modakeke-Ife communal crisis in 1997, where he played an active part.