I’ll be back in Nigeria soon, says Igboho
By Seyi Babalola
Yoruba self-determination activist, Sunday Igboho, regained full freedom from incarceration in neighbouring Benin Republic at the weekend.
Leader of the Yoruba Nation Group, Prof. Banji Akintoye, who made this known on Sunday, said Igboho was freed on Sunday and has gone to Germany to join his family.
Igboho was arrested in July 2021, while he was about to board a flight to Germany, weeks after he survived a deadly assault by security agents in his Ibadan home.
The DSS later declared him wanted after the botched attempt on his life.
Igboho however sneaked out of the country, to Cotonou from where he planned to, accompanied by his wife flee to Germany.
In an interview, Igboho, said having fully fulfilled all his bail conditions, he is now free to leave Benin.
“I am now free to return to Nigeria and visit any country in the world. I have fulfilled all the legal conditions attached to my bail which was given few years back. I am coming back hom to Nigeria, my country of origin any moment from now.
“I can confirm to you that I am now free to come back to Nigeria. There is no legal encumbrance again. Even though I have been living in Cotonou for some time, I can confirm to you categorically that I have now secured the liberty to leave Cotonou for Nigeria.”
Igboho was arrested, along with his wife on July 20, 2021, in Cotonou, while trying to travel to Germany at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport.
After some legal battles, he was granted bail instead of being repatriated to Nigeria.
The bail condition effectively kept him in Cotonou, Benin.
In a video released on Facebook, Igboho thanked all those who had supported him during his travail and detention in Benin.
He specifically mentioned Yoruba monarchs, activists such as Professor Banji Akintoye and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for their support while he stayed in Cotonou.