The Federal Government is plotting the arrest of the Yoruba Nation arrowhead, Prof Banji Akintoye, Sunday PUNCH has learnt.
The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, neither took his calls nor responded to a text message seeking confirmation on the matter.reliably gathered that Nigerian ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo, met with the President of the Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon, in the first week of August.
After the condolence visit, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Obasanjo visited Talon. The source, however, could not confirm whether the ex-President put in a word for Igboho or not. The Beninese President’s meeting with Buratai occurred amid the planned extradition of Igboho but a member of Igboho’s legal team, Pelumi Olajengbesi, had said the new-found relationship between Buratai and Talon would not achieve any tangible result.
Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff between July 2015 and January 2021, was deployed as Nigeria’s envoy in Benin Republic in June 2021. He also warned those criticising the judge on the conditions attached to the bail granted to Igboho’s aides, stressing that bail was at the discretion of a judge.
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