One of the lawyers of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has said the arrest of his client by the police in Benin Republic would have been impossible if he did not surrender himself to them.
Pelumi Olajengbesi told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the operation was successful because his client wanted to make himself available to the government. He added that they are making efforts to ensure Mr. Igboho is fine.
“You know the Department of State Services declared him wanted. We just believe that Sunday Igboho is not the problem. He is someone who believed that the Yoruba people and Nigerians generally should live in peace wherever they are,” said Mr. Olajengbesi.
“As a matter of fact, let me tell you now. That Sunday Igboho was arrested simply because he wanted to make himself available to the government. If not, Sunday Igboho is not someone who can be arrested that way. But because he believes that the journey to justice for the Yoruba people and for the Nigerian state to be able to live in peace may be needed for him to be available, that was why.”
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Republican Police on Monday evening arrested Mr. Igboho at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport in Cotonou.
He was trying to jet out of the country to Germany where he is said to also be a citizen.
Mr. Igboho has led rallies in Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, and Ogun states. He threatened to hold the rally in Lagos on July 3 but his home was invaded barely 72 hours to the planned date.