Souces has reported that Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested.
The source reports that he was captured at an airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic, one of Nigeria’s neighboring countries in the West African sub-region, on Monday night.
His arrest by the security forces in Benin Republic came about three weeks after the Department of State Services declared him wanted.
He was accused of allegedly stockpiling arms. He has however denied this.
Also, Sahara Reporters reports that Igboho had perfected plans to secretly escape from Nigeria through Cotonou and was heading to Germany.
Miyetti Allah claims southwest governors are hiding Sunday Igboho
Recall that Southwest governors have been accused of allegedly hiding the wanted self-acclaimed activist Sunday Igboho, as the Department of State Services (DSS) continues searching for him.
Miyetti Allah Kautal H*re, one of the umbrella bodies of the herdsmen in Nigeria made the allegation during an exclusive interview with a news outlet. Saleh Alhassan, the spokesman for the group alleged that the six governors in the southwest region are hiding Igboho.
According to Alhassan, Igboho is being used, as his actions are political. He maintained that though the governors were hiding him, the security agents will get him. He went on to ask the governors, Igboho’s godfathers in the southwest to bring him out.
In a related development, Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-political group, condemned the attack on the house of Igboho.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Jare Ajayi, the group said the attack on Igboho’s house is a sad indicator that Nigeria is “fast returning to the era of the late Sani Abacha” when government critics “would be fatally attacked.
The group called on the federal government to “stop any plan to harm Igboho or any other person not known to contravene the law of the land”.
