Kamorudeen Okiki, president of Agbekoya Worldwide, has asked
the government of Benin Republic to release Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday
Igboho or the group will use a traditional means to free him from detention.
Igboho has been in detention in Benin Republic since he was
arrested at an airport in Cotonou by the country’s security forces while he was
trying to flee to Germany in July 2020.
He was detained at the request of the Nigerian government,
who had declared him “wanted” after raiding his home in Ibadan, Oyo state.
A week later, a Beninise court blocked the immediate
extradition of Igboho to Nigeria while ruling that the activist be remanded in
prison pending further hearing.
Speaking during a rally in Osogbo, on Thursday, Okiki said
Igboho is not a criminal and should not be held “illegally”.
“Sunday Igboho is not a criminal. We will continue to say
that. We know that it is the federal government that is holding Igboho in Benin
Republic, but we are telling Benin Republic authorities now to legally release
him using their court,” he said.
“They should release him legally and quickly because they
are not taking him to court again, or we will use our traditional means and
powers to take Igboho out of detention.
“We are Agbekoya, if
they don’t release Sunday Igboho legally, we are going to take him out of Benin
Republic. They will just see that Sunday Igboho is out of their prison.
“I repeat, we Agbekoya, will get him out of Benin Republic
detention and bring him back home.”
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