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BREAKING: Sunday Igboho’s Wife Released
- Ropo, the wife of the popular Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, has been released.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ropo, the wife of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been released.
The release of Sunday Igboho’s wife was ordered by the Cour D’Appel De Cotonou, Benin Republic, after a hearing on Thursday.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Ropo was released after the court found out that she had not committed any offence.
Confirming her release, the National Chairman of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Wale Adeniran, said, “Yes, she has been released.”
However, the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, was returned to the custody of Brigade Criminelle in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
This is as the court in the West African nation adjourned the case involving the popular Yoruba rights activist till Friday, July 23, 2021.
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EKO HOT BLOG recalls that Sunday Igboho and his wife, Ropo, were arrested by the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, the Benin Republic on Monday night while attempting to flee to Germany.
It was, however, learnt that the Federal Government of Nigeria had written the INTERPOL in the Francophone West African nation to hunt Igboho, but many individuals and groups have kicked against the move.
EKO HOT BLOG further recalls that the Department of State Services (DSS) had declared Sunday Igboho wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation he has since denied.
The DSS had raided Igboho’s Ibadan residence in the Soka area on July 1, 2021, arrested about 12 of his aides, and killed two of them in a gun battle.
The Federal Government of Nigeria later placed the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service on alert to stop the Yoruba Nation agitator from leaving the country.
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