Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been returned to the custody of Brigade Criminelle in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
This is as the Cour D’Appel De Cotonou adjourned the case involving the Yoruba rights activist till Friday, July 23, 2021.
Igboho and his wife, Ropo, a German who was arrested alongside her husband at an airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic was however released.
After the hearing, the government lawyer didn’t address journalists.
Ìgbòho’s lawyer, Yomi Aliyu (SAN), explained that “this is not the best time to say anything on the case”.
He expressed optimism that things would turn out for good.
The activist, who went underground after several arrest attempts by Nigerian authorities, was apprehended by Interpol at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic on Monday night.
Reports gathered that many supporters of Sunday Igboho were at the court to witness the hearing.
Some of the supporters, who did not know when the Yoruba rights activist arrived in court, rushed into the courtroom to see him.
However, they were later sent out when the court proceedings started.
