Supporters assemble at Benin court ahead of Sunday Igboho's arraignment - Punch Newspapers
Supporters of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly referred to as Sunday Igboho, were seen in their large numbers at Cour De’appal De Cotonou on Thursday.
There had been reports that Igboho may be arraigned today before a Court of Appeal in Benin Republic.Our correspondent gathered that the rights activist was held by Brigade Criminelle in Cotonou after he was arrested at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, with his wife on their way to Germany on Monday night.In Ibadan, armed policemen dispersed his supporters who protested in the city.
But another resident, Taye Adeoti, said the protesters marched towards the Challenge area after spending some minutes at the bus stop. The protesters were seen singing solidarity songs and demanding freedom for Igboho in a video on the Facebook page of Olayomi Koiki, Igboho’s media aide. “We are in Cotonou at the moment where the extradition case of Sunday Igboho will hold. Baba is fine, but the case has not been decided,” the speaker who spoke in Yoruba said.
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