However, his wife, Ropo, who is a German citizen, was set free by the court, which didn’t find her guilty of any crime.
Igboho and his wife, Ropo, were arrested at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou on Monday while trying to catch a flight to Germany.
However, Daily Trust learnt that the Nigeria government failed to file extradition charges against Igboho, who was declared wanted by the Department of State Services after its operatives raided the Soka residence of the agitator, killing two and arresting twelve people in the process.
Yomi Alliyu (SAN), counsel to Igboho confirmed the failure of the FG to file charges in court on Thursday in a telephone conversation with Daily Trust last night.
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SDP says agitations won’t stop until social justice is in place
Kingsley Nwezeh
Supporters of a Yoruba secessionist agitator, Sunday Adeyemo otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, Wednesday, thronged a Benin Republic Appeal Court (Palais De Justice, Cour D’Appel De Cotonou) in solidarity, following his arrest on Monday by security agents working with International Police (Interpol) in that country.
Curiously, however, a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, has been fingered in Igboho’s arrest after he allegedly wrote a letter to Benin authorities ahead of Igboho’s trip and consequently facilitated his arrest.
Buratai, who is Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, allegedly knew that Igboho’s exit route would be a neighboring country and therefore pulled a fast one, which culminated in his arrest alongside his wife, Ropo, a German, at the Benin Airport on their way to Germany.
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