Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent.
Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks after the Department of State Services declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation he has since denied.
The source said that Igboho will be repatriated to Nigeria (today) Tuesday from Benin Republic.
“He was said to have been arrested in Cotonou while he tried to travel out to Germany on Monday night.
The security forces in Benin Republic will repatriate him to Nigeria on Tuesday,” the source said.
Operatives of DSS had raided Igboho’s Ibadan residence in the Soka area on July 1, 2021, arrested 12 of his aides and killed two of them in a gun duel.
The Federal Government recently placed the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service on alert to stop Igboho from leaving the country.
When contacted, a member of Igboho’s legal team, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said he would speak with the lead counsel, Yomi Aliyu (SAN), and revert later.
DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, was moy reachable to confirm,Igboho’s arrest.
Afunanya, at a briefing on July 1, 2021, had vowed that “Igboho may run as far as he can. He may hide as long as he wants…But this will be the end of his shshenanigans.
