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Igboho seeks asylum in Benin Republic

The Federal Government of Nigeria which has not said anything on the arrest and planned repatriation of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, sent representatives to the Cour De’appal De Cotonou on Thursday and accused Igboho of importing firearms The FG delegation also insisted that Igboho be remanded in police custody until it concludesd the process of his extradition. The Beninise court had earlier ruled on Thursday ruled that Igboho’s Germany-based wife, Ropo, should be released unconditionally as there were no charges against her. The court, however, ruled that Igboho be remanded in police custody till the next week when sitting would resume in the French-speaking court. The two were arrested at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou on Monday while they tried to catch a flight to Germany. Igboho was earlier declared wanted by the Department of State Services for allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation he denied. The secret police ...

Nigeria risks getting many Igbohos, Kanus

Chief Rashidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo state has said that the Federal Government created Yoruba nation agitator,  Chief Adeyemo Sunday also know as Sunday Igboho, and the leader of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Therefore, Ladoja said, Igboho and Kanu deserve to be given amnesty just as the government did to a number of Boko Haram insurgents that were also enlisted into some security agencies. The Federal Government had abducted Kanu, the IPOB leader from Kenya on Tuesday June 27.while security agents took Igboho into custody in neighbouring Cotonou on the night of Monday, July 19. Reacting to questions from journalists Ladoja said arresting Igboho and Kanu would not end the agitation for self-determination across the country. He added that their agitations were a result of the government’s failure to tackle insecurity in the country, which he said had escalated."The Federal Government created Sunday Igboho in the context...

Bandits in trouble as Tucano Aircraft arrives Nigeria

Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information confirmed the arrival of the fighter aircraft in a statement. Criminals terrorising the Northeast and other troubled spots in the country are expected to have a hard time operating and perpetrating their vices as the first batch of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has arrived in Kano, on Thursday 22 July 2021 at about 12.34 pm. "On hand to receive the aircraft were the Hon. Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao”, he said.

President Muhammadu Buhari's government and Benin Republic fighting over Sunday Igboho.

  All efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari government to extradite Yoruba nation activist, Igboho, to Nigeria from Benin Republic has been abortive. The authoritie of  West African nation have insisted on a fair trial for Igboho before yielding to the demand, SaharaReporters has gathered. That Beninoisegovernment said it won’t handle a request for extradition without first trying him for the local offense he was arrested for, sources told SaharaReporters Thursday morning.