BREAKING: Yoruba separatist, Sunday Igboho regains freedom from Benin prison custody

By Peters Monday, Abuja

Yoruba separatist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, Alias Sunday Igboho, has regained freedom after two years of trial by the Beninese government.

Congress learnt that Igboho had now been released from protective custody in the neighbouring Republic of Benin.

Prof. Banji Akintoye, who spoke to journalist said Sunday Igboho’s release came a few hours’ ago and he is right now on his way to Germany to be reunited with his family.

It would be recalled that Igboho was arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on his way to Germany.

He reportedly fled Nigeria after a bloody raid on his Soka residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital by the Department of State Service (DSS), which accused him of stockpiling arms.