SUNDAY IGBOHO IN FRESH TROUBLE AS BENINOIS AUTHORITIES FILE FRESH CHARGES AGAINST HIM

Sunday Igboho.

It may be a long night for Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, who’s currently being held by Beninois authorities.

Following his appearance in court on Monday 26 July, 2021, the Benin Republic filed fresh charges against him and ordered that he is kept in police custody in Cotonou, Beninois Capital.

It will be recalled that Igboho was arrested in the country last Monday while attempting to travel to Germany in company of his wife.

Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, disclosed that the new charges after Monday’s hearing, took the legal team of the activist by surprise after the previous charges for which he was being detained could not be proven. These include the allegations of trafficking in arms, inciting violence that could result in social disturbance and causing disunity in Nigeria, which Salami said warranted placing him on a watch-list.

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He added that he and his other team members had expected that Igboho would be freed on Monday because the Federal Government had yet to file formal extradition charges against their client.

According to the law professor, Igboho is being further remanded to allow police to conduct a thorough investigation into the fresh charges, which included illegal migration, dubious connivance with immigration officers and an attempt to cause civil unrest.

Hear him: “They want to know how long he has been in Benin Republic, and his plans in the country. They also raised a charge on whether he wants to come and cause unrest or social disturbance in Benin Republic.”

Continuing, Salami said, “First, the judge ruled that Sunday Igboho entered into the Benin Republic through an illegal means. They also want to investigate how Sunday Igboho conspired with others to enter Benin Republic through wrong means.

Igboho and his wife were arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on their way to Germany.

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