Three weeks after he was declared wanted by the Nigerian government, Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, who is popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Igboho was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, The Punch newspaper said, citing “a top source familiar with the matter”.
The newspaper quoted the source as saying that Igboho will be repatriated to Nigeria on Tuesday (today) from Benin Republic, Nigeria’s immediate neighboring country in the West African sub-region.
“He was arrested in Cotonou while he tried to travel out on Monday night. His destination was Germany. The security forces in Benin Republic should repatriate him to Nigeria on Tuesday,” the source said.
Igboho’s arrest by the security forces in Benin Republic comes about three weeks after Nigeria’s Department of State Services declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms.
The DSS had raided Igboho’s Ibadan residence in the Soka area on July 1, 2021, arrested about 12 of his aides and killed two of them in a gun duel.
Spy Police later announced it had recovered a cache of arms and ammunition. Igboho denied the allegations.
