Yoruban freedom fighter turn political fugitive, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho is set to find out his fate his asylum fate request at his current country of holding later this week. Igboho’s asylum hearing was revealed by his lawyer to the media Monday morning August 2.
It is learned that the bail application for Igboho was delayed by his lawyers because of his medical report and the expected outcome of his asylum application among others.
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We could recall that KOKO reported that Igboho and his wife were arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on their way to Germany. His wife was later released.
He was re-arraigned last Monday, where fresh charges were read against the 48-year-old activist, who was then returned to a new detention facility. The Coordinating counsel for Igboho, Olasupo Ojo, said he has not gotten any official report on his asylum request.
“Yes, we are expecting feedback this week,” he added when asked if Igboho’s asylum application feedback may be out this week. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Igboho, had explained that charges against Igboho would be neutralised if the activist is granted asylum.
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The lawyer had said, “When he left Nigeria, he took the backdoor into Benin. It was at the airport that security operatives stopped him that he was on the watchlist. He didn’t go against any law in Benin Republic. They didn’t find any Beninese passport on him. He had a Nigerian passport with a German residency card. He needed no visa at that point.
