Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, says he has sent
a delegation to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to observe court proceedings in the
trial of Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba nation agitator, also known as Sunday Igboho.
Igboho is standing extradition trial in Cotonou after he was
arrested with his wife at Cotonou airport on their way to Germany and placed in
custody. The court on Thursday freed the wife while Igboho will appear in court
again on Monday.
A statement signed by Adeola Oloko, personal
assistant/director of media and publicity to the monarch, said those selected
to be part of the delegation will be at the court in Cotonou, where Igboho’s
case will resume on Monday.
The statement said, “Oba Adetunji stated this at his
Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace on Sunday while exchanging views with some leaders of
thought comprising Yemisi Adeaga, the president general of Central Council of
Ibadan Indigenes and his executive members. Also at the meeting was senior
chief Lekan Alabi, the Ekefa Olubadan.
“Olubadan said it has become necessary in order to allay the
fears of several people, including protesters who besiege Olubadan palace every
now and then that Kabiesi is not folding his arms over the travails of Igboho.
“Igboho lives in Ibadan, got married in Ibadan, rear
children in Ibadan, built houses in Ibadan and as such he has the rights to be
protected by Ibadan traditional institution within the ambit of the law just
like any human being in Ibadan.”
Olubadan stated that he is in constant touch with Yoruba
prominent royal fathers, including Igboho royal crowns to allay public fears of
a repeat performance of Yoruba-Fulani coalition of 1814.
The statement added, “Students of Nigeria history may wish
to be reminded that when some people, during the period under reference, chose
to engage in territorial expansion to the sea, it took the Ibadan army under
Balogun Oderinlo to repel the attack and stop the incursion near Osogbo.”
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