Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba nation agitator, is set to return to the country, according to his lawyer, Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi.
Igboho fled the country in 2021 after operatives from the Department of State Services, DSS, raided his home in Ibadan, resulting in the deaths of two people and the arrest of approximately 13 others.
According to the DSS’s spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, the raid was carried out after intelligence reports revealed that Igboho allegedly stockpiled weapons in his home.
It then launched a manhunt for Igboho, who was apprehended in neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic, while attempting to travel to Germany.
However, speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, Olajengbesi stated that the embattled Yoruba nation activist, who has since regained his freedom, would return to the country soon, Vanguard reports.
“Igboho is doing very well and he will soon be in Nigeria in a very ceremonial way. The arrangements are on,” Olajengbesi told newsmen.
He, however, lamented his inability to enforce a judgement that was delivered in favour of his client, a situation he said was made difficult by the fact that the consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation must first be secured before security agencies could pay judgement debts.
While calling for a review of that provision of the law, Olajengbesi, urged the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu to have a rethink about people he described as “freedom fighters.”
The lawyer maintained that people like Igboho, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, as well as the embattled convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, deserved to be listened to by the government.
He commended President Tinubu “for his purposeful leadership drive, restructuring of the governmental policies and operational systems since assuming the office,” adding that he has “rekindled the hope of average Nigerians that government can serve the common good of the people.”
“We therefore encourage Mr. President to continue in this direction with equity and justice as his working value system. We equally want to commend the acting Inspector General of Police; Olukayode Egbetokun for unusual reforms in the Nigeria Police Force and his commitment to holding errant officers accountable for abuse of official duties and violation of human rights. He is bringing a new value system to the Nigeria police system and this new drive must be sustained.
“We must also commend INEC for filing charges against its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa Ari in Adamawa State. This is a step in the right direction and it is commendable.”
