Yomi Alliyu, counsel to Sunday Adeyemo, Yoruba youth leader
better known as Sunday Igboho, said the resignation of Pelumi Olajengbesi from
the legal team of Igboho is of no effect since he was never a part of the
activist’s legal team.
Igboho is being detained in Cotonou, Benin Republic, after
he was the arrested with Ropo, his wife at Cardinal Bernardin International
Airport, Cotonou, while on their way to Germany on July 16, 2021.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Olajengbesi said he had
resigned from Igboho’s legal team, stating that he would not want to be
associated with agitators of Yoruba nation. He also said he will no longer
represent Ilana Omo Oodua, a group known for Yoruba nation agitation.
Reacting to Olajengbesi’s resignation in a statement, Alliyu
called on the public to ignore any statement from the lawyer on Igboho as he
was never his counsel.
Alliyu said: “He (Olajengbesi) is at no time counsel to
Chief Adeyemo but rather Ilana Oodua that paid him for services he rendered to
them.
“I seize this opportunity to plead with members of the
public to disregard whatever Olajengbesi or Mr. Koiki stated to have
purportedly emanated from Adeyemo. They lack the vires to so do.
“He (Olajengbesi) has no right to say anything on behalf of
Adeyemo since he is not his counsel. I, Chief Yomi Alliyu, SAN, is the only
person authorised in writing by my client, Chief Adeyemo to act for him or make
statements on his behalf.”
On Olajengbesi’s claim that he secured freedom for 12
Igboho’s aides that were arrested when the activist’s Ibadan home was raided by
men from the Department of State Services, Alliyu said he instructed
Olajengbesi to execute the brief.
“I instructed Olajengbesi to secure the release of the 12
people arrested in Adeyemo’s house. I never involved him in Adeyemo’s matter.
Thus, he has a limited brief,” he said.
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