The government of Benin Republic, has been urged to respect the rights of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho in the course of his trial.
National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Jare Ajayi, who is also the spokesman Oke Ogun Development Consultative Forum, ODCF, made the call while calling for Igboho’s protection.
According to the statement: “We are proud of his desire to see that farmers are no longer prevented from cultivating their farms and our women are no longer raped in the course of pursuing their businesses. ODCF said that while it concedes that the government has a right, indeed the power, to try anybody thought to have contravened the law. “But in doing so, government should factor in the relevant sections of the law that says that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction. Not only that, the governments of Nigeria and Benin should remember the relevant sections of the African Charter and other international conventions to which they are signatories.
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