YORUBA NATION AGITATOR, IGBOHO REGAINS FREEDOM
Written by Tunde Adeyemi on October 9, 2023
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemo has been freed after two years and three months in detention in the Republic of Benin.
Leader of the Yoruba Nation Group, Professor Banji Akintoye confirmed that Igboho was freed on Sunday, October 8 after meeting all his bail conditions for his release.
The pragmatic and agitative Igboho, would be heading to Germany to join his family.
He was arrested in July 2021 while trying to board a flight to Germany just weeks after he survived a brutal assault by security agents at his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.
After the tragic incident, the Department of State Security (DSS) declared him wanted as he managed to leave the country for Benin, where he had wanted to board a flight to Germany.
Igboho extended his profound gratitude to all those who had supported him during his travail and detention in Benin.
He specifically mentioned Yoruba monarchs and activists, such as Professor Banji Akintoye and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for their support while he stayed in Cotonou.
