{"id":83889,"date":"2021-07-21T05:31:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T04:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83889"},"modified":"2021-07-21T05:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T04:31:06","slug":"buratai-pushes-for-igbohos-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buratai-pushes-for-igbohos-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Buratai pushes for Igboho\u2019s extradition\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1705866666675423612\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facts on Tuesday emerged about how Nigeria\u2019s \u00a0Ambassador to the Benin Republic, \u00a0Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), \u00a0was instrumental to the arrest of the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A top security source in the Benin Republic confided in The PUNCH that the former Chief of Army Staff wrote the government of the small West African country and insisted on the arrest and extradition of Igboho.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A few hours after Igboho\u2019s arrest on Monday, his \u00a0Beninese lawyers and other experts met with some \u00a0Benin Republic government officials and called for the halting of his extradition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A top security source in Benin Republic, who spoke to one of our correspondents said that Buratai through the Nigerian Embassy in the small West African country sent a secret letter to the Benin government to be on the lookout for Igboho.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PUNCH gathered that the letter was instrumental to the arrest of Igboho and his wife, Ropo, at the Cadj\u00e8houn Airport in Cotonou, the largest city in the \u00a0French-speaking country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The source said, \u201cHe (Igboho) was arrested in Cotonou on Monday night while he tried to travel. He was already at the airport with a passport. The immigration officers suspected the passport and so they stopped him. In the process, they discovered he was the one. He was able to escape in the course of discussion and we were grateful to God for that.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cBut the travel agent called back saying the matter had been resolved.\u00a0 But on going back, he was arrested. He was trying to travel to Germany when he was apprehended.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cA lot of people made effort to resolve the matter but we discovered that the Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic (Tukur Buratai) was already aware and he said that he (Igboho) must be extradited.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A security source present in Benin Republic also told The PUNCH \u00a0that the International Criminal Police Organisation, at the behest of the Nigerian Government, arrested Igboho and his wife at the airport around 8pm on Monday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The source said, \u201cInterpol at the airport came and arrested him saying he was wanted in Nigeria. He was together with his wife.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The source added said Igboho and his wife had been detained in \u201cBenin Republic Criminal Police cell\u201d, adding that \u201cBuratai should have gone to the police station because he was the one that told them to arrest him.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The source said though the German Embassy was intervening in the matter because Igboho\u2019s wife is a German citizen, the Nigerian Government could have its way and extradite Igboho today (Wednesday).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI was told they are coming tomorrow. My prayer is that he should remain in Cotonou or be allowed to go to Germany because I don\u2019t know what would happen to him in Abuja,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the activist\u2019s lawyers have reached out to the Benin Republic government to halt his extradition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A member of Igboho\u2019s legal team, Pelumi Olajengbesi, confirmed the development to The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIgboho\u2019s lawyers in Benin have already reached out to senior officials in Benin to ensure that he is not brought back to Nigeria. They (legal team) have assured us that they are doing all that is necessary to keep him in Benin.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Igboho\u2019s lead counsel, Yomi Alliyu (SAN), in a statement obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday, confirmed that Igboho and his wife were arrested in Benin Republic.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Alliyu argued that \u201cThe Extradition Treaty of 1984 between Togo, Nigeria, Ghana and Republic of Benin excluded political fugitives. It also states that where the fugitive will not get justice because of discrimination and\/or undue delay in prosecution the host country should not release the fugitive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNow, Article 20 of African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights to which the four countries are signatories made agitation for self-determination a fundamental right to be protected by all countries. 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