Sunday Igboho may leave detention today after spending 228 days in prison

The embattled Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho is scheduled to leave detention today as begun negotiating with Benin Republic authorities.

A source close to him confided that negotiation for his release to get medical attention reached an advanced stage yesterday morning, with the assured expectation that Igboho would be left off the hook latest today.

A statement released on Thursday by the counsel for the detained activist, Yomi Aliyyu, said they negotiating with the Benin Republic authorities began.

Igboho’s lawyer dismissed reports that the agitator has been released and he is on his way to Germany.

The statement titled: ‘Re: Purported release of Sunday Igboho’, read: “Kindly discountenance any news about the release of Chief Sunday Adeyemo or that he is on his way to Germany. It is not true, please.

“With the assistance of a worldwide renowned professor and prof Akintoye and lawyers (Falola and myself), we are negotiating for something more comfortable for him than prison to meet his health demand.

“I advise you to remain calm and prayerful.”

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Newsflash Nigeria reports that Sunday Igboho who has spent over 227 days in Benin Republic prison was arrested in Cotonou on his way to Germany alongside his wife, Ropo Adeyemo.

Recently Benin Republic government had renewed the incarceration of the agitator for another six months, which many have described as illegal.

The 49-year-old agitator had dragged the Republic of Benin before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over his continued detention.

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