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Sunday Igboho refutes fraud allegations, arrest warrant

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October 25, 2024

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Sunday Igboho refutes fraud allegations, arrest warrant

Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba Nation activist, has refuted claims that a Lagos Federal High Court has issued an arrest warrant against him due to an alleged breach of contract.

Ighoho, in a statement dated October 23, 2024, issued by his lawyer, Akinlolu Oyebamiji, a principal partner at AOC Solicitors & Attorneys, described a publication by Citynewsng as false and intended to damage his reputation.

The statement titled “Rejoinder on the alleged allegations of fraud levelled on Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, published by citynewsng” added that there was no iota of truth in the publication.

The statement went on to say that Igboho was shocked to learn that one Captain Ola Alufa had obtained an ex-parte order to extradite and arrest him for a contractual relationship he was never a party to.

The statement claims that the publication only served to undermine Sunday Adeyemo’s integrity and defame his character, causing serious harm to his standing, credit, and reputation among his colleagues, business associates, neighbours, friends, and well-wishers.”

It reads, “It is disheartening to witness someone digging spikes into the eyes of their benevolent client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho). On the 6th and 22nd of October 2024, Captain Ola Alufa published libellous articles against his benevolent client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho).

“Pathetically, members of the Nigerian Police Force are mimicking Mr. Captain Ola Alufa’s tone and abusing their authority to favour him.” It is crucial to rectify the situation and cease deceiving the public about the conflict between Captain Ola Alufa and Mr. Kunnu Olusegun Francis, as well as our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), following which MR. Captain Ola Alufa began tarnishing and damaging the reputation of Sunday Adeyemo.

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Early this year, Mr. Kunnu Olusegun Francis, a Nigerian residing in Cotonou, reached out to our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), who was actively advocating for the Yoruba people and Nigerians in general. At that time, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho) was in Germany, requesting Mr. Kunnu Olusegun Francis’ intervention to secure his freedom and that of Mr. Captain Ola Alufa, among others, from the law enforcement officers in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

The statement added that there was a contract for the supply of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to Cotonou, Benin Republic, between Alufa and some other people in Cotonou, Benin Republic, over the supply of defective and substandard Automotive Gas Oil (AGO).

According to the statement, Captain Alufa contacted one Kunnu Olusegun Francis, who was based in Cotonou, to come to his aid.

The statement added that during the cause-of-discussion between Captain Alufa and Kunnu Francis, the police allegedly arrested them together with their workers.

However, the police in Cotonou, Benin Republic, granted administrative bail to Alufa, Francis, and their workers through the intervention of Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), even though the case remains unresolved to this day.

“Later, Captain Ola Alufa called our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), who was then in Germany, that there was an issue between him and Kunnu Olusegun Francis, and he wanted our client, Sunday Adeyemo, to intervene before it escalated.

“According to our client,. Captain Ola Alufa proposed the sales of the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to Mr. Kunnu Olusegun Francis, being a businessman who also deals in buying and selling of the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to get his case settled in Cotonou. While Mr. Kunnu Olusegun Francis accepted the proposal, the agreement between the two parties did not include our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho).

“Having paid part of the consideration to the tune of Three Hundred and Fifty Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N352,500,000.00) (i.e., $255,960) to access the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), leaving a balance of $105,000.00, the parties then discovered that the level of water in the said Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) is much higher than expected; hence, the issue of restructure of the consideration part of the agreement arose.

This disagreement led Captain Ola Alufa to seek the intervention of our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho). Our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), then appealed to the duo to shift ground for each other in the interest of peace and nothing more.

“There is no record and/or evidence to show that there was a transaction, i.e., contractual or suretyship, between our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), and Captain Alufa or anybody whatsoever.

“It came as a shock to our office and our client himself, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), to hear that an exparte order was obtained at the instance of Mr. Captain Ola Alufa to extradite and arrest our client over the contractual relationship he is never a party to.

“It is very clear, and we believe that the above-mentioned news published by Citynewsng instigated by Mr. Captain Ola Alufa, was only used to malign and defame our client, Sunday Adeyemo’s integrity, and defame his character, which has caused serious injury to his standing, credit, and reputation before his colleagues, business associates, neighbours, friends, and well-wishers.

“It would equally interest the general public to note that a petition has been forwarded to the Office of the Inspector General of Police by the office of AOC Solicitors & Attorneys on behalf of Sunday Adeyemo for criminal defamation of character, and also a fundamental action has been instituted against him, which made them to result in a media trial.”.

Sunday Igboho refutes fraud allegations, arrest warrant

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