It’s possible that Sunday Adeyemo, a prominent Yoruba Nation agitator also known as Sunday Igboho, won’t return to Nigeria until after the 2023 general elections.
According to a source in Abuja, the administration and certain influential politicians were attempting to delay his landing on Sunday night, according to Obasanjonews24.
Igboho gave a sneak preview of his impending return last week during Bishop Ajayi Crowther’s posthumous birthday celebration in Ibadan, Oyo State.
“I want to thank everyone for their help.
By God’s grace, the Fulani herdsmen’s attacks on our people’s land will come to a stop.
“The Yoruba Nation will soon be established and will be superior to all other countries.
“The notion behind our agitation has matured.
I’ll be returning to Yorubaland shortly, he said through Zoom.
It is predicted that Igbojo’s return will ignite the political scene, especially in the South-West area.
Igboho made waves in January 2021 when he gave Fulanis in Oyo a notice to leave.
He charged them with murder and abductions.
He won’t return right away, but he could at some point after the results of the elections.
“His reappearance would incite unrest and protests once more and create a volatile environment.
“The government would not let this to happen since it already faces enough challenges…
not as long as Buhari is in charge.
In addition, the Igboho’s presence in Nigeria will have an impact on the presidential aspirations of a well-known individual.
The insider claimed that “he cannot afford anything that will put his aspirations in jeopardy or cause a conflict with the North.”
The Benin Republic’s government freed Igboho from prison and gave him access to his physicians in March 2022.
Yomi Alliyu, his attorney, declared a standing agreement that he shouldn’t leave Cotonou for whatever reason.
Prof. Wole Soyinka and Prof. Banji Akintoye, two prominent Yoruba leaders, were important players in the agreement, according to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
According to information obtained, the governments of Nigeria and Benin agreed that the activist’s departure would be approved jointly.
At a meeting with his legal team following his release on parole, Igboho revealed something.
Nigeria “employed all her influence,” according to the agitator, to attempt to get its neighbor to turn him over.
“The government of Benin demanded that I be turned over to Nigeria.
Thus, President Talon said that he intended to look into me.
He said that handing me over to the Nigerian government would be illegal if it were related to politics or human rights.
Igoho was sent home to face prosecution by the Buhari government hours after his detention, according to Obasanjonews24.
The request was apparently made by Tukur Buratai, the nation’s former ambassador to Benin and chief of the army staff.
The International Criminal Police Organization detained Igboho and his wife Ropo on July 19, 2021, at the Cadjèhoun Airport while they were en route to Germany.
First held at the Brigade économique et financière (BEF), then the Prison Civile de Cotonou, the 50-year-old was (Cotonou Civil Prison).
