Sunday Igboho still detained in Benin Republic – Associate

Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho is still being held by the authorities in Cotonou, Benin Republic, Wale Adeniran, one of the leaders of Ilana Omo Odua, a body of Yoruba self-determination groups that Mr Adeyemo partners with, has said.
This is contrary to reports mostly on social media that he has been released and flown to Germany.
Adeniran, a pioneer Commissioner of Education in Osun State and former Director of Institute of African Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, made the clarification in a zoom conversation organised by Heritage Multimedia TV.
He said, “I have just spoken with his lawyer. The lawyer has visited the location where he (Igboho) is being held. He was not allowed to see him (Igboho) but they confirmed to him that they are holding him in that location. He was asked to come back tomorrow (Wednesday) by 8:00 a.m. to see him.
“I asked him hope they are not going to play a funny game of secretly extraditing him, the lawyer told me it is not possible. We filed an application for political asylum for him over a week ago. With that in process, he cannot be legally extradited from Benin republic. I am very confident about that.
“I handle the application myself with the immigration lawyer and he assured me that since that application has been filed, he cannot be extradited. I think we should be rest assured that he will have the opportunity to see him tomorrow.”
Speaking on report on Igboho’s release, he condemned the development, saying “why should people be putting out false information that he has been released which is injurious to this struggle and to the welfare and wellbeing of igboho?”
He said four international lawyers from Benin Republic, Nigeria, France and Britain were working on the case.