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Bring Your Evidence against Igboho, Beninese Court Tells Nigerian Government

Bring Your Evidence against Igboho, Beninese Court Tells Nigerian Government

A Beninese Court sitting in Cotonou, Benin Republic has asked the Nigerian government to bring all evidence it has against Sunday Igboho on Monday.

The Nigerian government is accusing Igboho of allegedly trafficking in arms and inciting violence capable of causing social disturbance, and declared him earlier in July after his Ibadan house was raided by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS).

Igboho was however arraigned on Friday at the Court D’Appel De Cotonou in Benin Republic after his arrest at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou on Monday night on his way to Germany with his wife.

After Friday’s court proceedings at the Beninois court, Igboho’s lawyer, Ibrahim Salami, told the Ilana Omo Oodua, a group championing the cause of Yoruba nation that Igboho’s case was adjourned till Monday 26th  July to allow the federal government of Nigeria bring up whatever evidence they may have to prove the allegations against him.

The group’s communications manager, Maxwell Adeleye, in a statement on Friday said, “the court set Mrs Adeyemo, Igboho’s wife free on Wednesday since it has been found that she has committed no offence and there’s no complaint whatsoever against her. Consequently, her German passport was returned to her.

“The lawyers handling the case reported after the proceedings that Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho cannot be extradited to Nigeria for two principal reasons:

“That contrary to insinuations, Nigeria and Benin have no Extradition Agreement. That Nigeria has not been able to come up with charges that could lead the court to order Igboho’s extradition to Nigeria.

“What Federal Government came up with were mere allegations against Ighoho such as trafficking in arms and inciting violence that could result in the social disturbance without evidence which the Government of Benin Republic considered spurious, untenable, and insufficient to warrant extradition.

“The case has been adjourned till Monday 26th July to allow the Federal Government bring up whatever evidence they may have, and Mr. lgboho has been taken back to the police custody.”

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