Kinsmen of the Yoruba Nation freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday ‘Igboho’, under the aegis of the Oke Ogun
Development Consultative Forum , yesterday, urged both the Nigerian Government and Government of Benin Republic to respect the fundamental rights of the agitator during his trial in court.
ODCF said that while it concedes that the government has a right, and indeed the power, to try anybody thought to have contravened the law, it should in doing so, factor in the relevant sections of the law that say that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction, adding: “Not only that, the governments of Nigeria and Benin Republic should remember the relevant sections of the African Charter and other international conventions to which they are signatories.
“The monarch had given Fulani herders a 30-day ultimatum to vacate his area because of the harm they are doing to farmers and women in his domain. Reports indicated that the herders last week Monday, August 2, 2021, pledged their readiness to comply with the monarch’s directive.
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