Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has regained his freedom from the Beninese authorities, after two years.
Gatekeepers News reports that Igboho said he was now legally free to leave Cotonou, the capital of the Benin Republic, to Nigeria and other countries.
While confirming his freedom to the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday, the embattled agitator said, “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 a few years back and I am coming home 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.”
He regained freedom after two years of trial by the Beninese government.
Igboho stirred the hornet’s nest when he declared the Yoruba Nation’s sovereignty in March 2021.
He started a campaign to chase killer herdsmen and kidnappers out of the South-West states and went on to call on Yoruba in Hausa/Fulani or Igbo territories to return home.
However, in July 2021, the embattled agitator fled Nigeria following a night invasion of his Ibadan residence by the operatives of the Department of State Services, and was further declared wanted.
He was later arrested at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic while attempting to flee to Germany.
Gatekeepers News reports that Igboho told the Benin Court of Appeal that he fled Nigeria to avoid being killed.
