Yoruba Nation activist and freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, while allegedly fleeing to Germany.
According to reports making the rounds, he was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night 19th July 2021, by security forces in Benin Republic three weeks after the Department of State Services (DSS), declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms.
An unnamed security source who confirmed Igboho’s arrest, said he will be repatriated from the neighbouring West African country to Nigeria on Tuesday 20th July 2021.
However, there has been no official confirmation or denial from either the Nigerian security agencies or their counterparts in the Republic of Benin.
Recall, that it had been earlier reported that the DSS had, on July 1, raided Igboho’s residence in the Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where 12 of his aides were arrested while two were shot dead.
The Nigeria government went ahead to declare him wanted and placed the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service on alert to stop Igboho from leaving the country.
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