Sunday Igboho released for health reasons, confined to Benin Republi<\/p>\n
Benin Republic authorities have released Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, from prison to his medical practitioners, his lawyer, Yomi Alliyu, has said.<\/p>\n
Mr Alliyu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said in a statement Monday that Sunday Igboho\u2019s release was under the agreement that he should not leave the medical centre or Cotonou for any reason.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am to inform you that Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Igboho, has been released from prison to his medical practitioners under the agreement that he should not leave the medical centre or Cotonou for any reason.<\/p>\n
\u201cPraises should be given to two prominent Yoruba personalities to wit: Prof. Wole Soyinka and Prof. Akintoye for this turn around in our client\u2019s matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The incarceration of Mr Igboho in the Republic of Benin had been extended by six months after spending the initial six months in prison.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mr Igboho and his wife, Ropo, were arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadj\u00e8houn Airport in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on their way to Germany.<\/p>\n
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