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Soyinka visits Igboho in Benin Republic

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May 2, 2022
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Solidarity again came the way of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Ighoho, as Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Sunday, travelled all the way to Benin Republic to meet with the renowned Yoruba Nation campaigner. 

Though there was quite little on the details of the visit, Soyinka, who had not hidden his support for aspects of Igboho’s campaigns aimed at liberating the Yoruba land of criminal activities, including from Fulani herdsmen, is quite significant, given his national and international stature.

A statement from the media office of the playwright, in Abuja confirmed the visit, with a picture showing Igboho with him and leader of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye during the visit, which is coming about five weeks after Akintoye announced the release of Ighoho in the Benin Republic.

After being declared wanted by the Department of State Services (DSS), he was accused of stockpiling arms to destabilise Nigeria. But the separatist leader strongly denied the allegation. In July 2021, Igboho fled his Ibadan residence and escaped to the neighbouring Francophone country.

He was arrested by the Interpol at a Benin airport on July 19, 2021, while boarding a flight to Germany and spent about nine months in a detention facility in the Benin Republic, Igboho before he was released on health grounds.

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