The Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is set to return to the country, This was revealed by his lawyer, Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi.
Igboho escaped from the country in 2021 after operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, raided his residence in Ibadan, an operation the security agency confirmed led to the death of two persons and the arrest of about 13 others.
According to reports, the DSS, through its spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said it carried out the raid after intelligence reports disclosed that Igboho allegedly stockpiled weapons in his house.
It, therefore, launched a manhunt for Igboho who was subsequently arrested in neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic, while trying to travel to Germany.
Olajengbesi, while addressing Journalist in Abuja on Friday, July 7, said the embattled Yoruba nation activist, who had since regained his freedom, would soon return to the country.
“Igboho is fine and he will soon be in Nigeria in a very ceremonial way. The arrangements are on,” Olajengbesi informed Journalists.
He lamented his inability to enforce a judgement that was delivered in favour of his client, a situation he said was made difficult by the fact that the consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation must first be secured before security agencies could pay judgement debts.
While calling for a review of that provision of the law, Olajengbesi, urged the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu to have a rethink about people he described as “freedom fighters.”
The lawyer emphasized that people like Igboho, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra who has been detained, as well as the embattled convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, deserved to be listened to by the government.
However, he applauded President Bola Tinubu “for his purposeful leadership drive, adding that he has “rekindled the hope of average Nigerians that government can serve the common good of the people.”
“He equally commend the acting Inspector General of Police; Olukayode Egbetokun for unusual reforms in the Nigeria Police Force and his commitment to holding errant officers accountable for abuse of official duties and violation of human rights.
