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Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has begun negotiations with Benin Republic government over his \u2018health status\u2019.<\/div>\n
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\nIt will be recalled that Benin Republic had \u2018renewed\u2019 the incarceration of the embattled agitator for another six months.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old agitator has spent over 227 days in Benin Republic prison.<\/p>\n

Many supporters have lamented about the continuous detention of Igboho \u2018without trial.\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n

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The legal battle to either extradite Igboho to Nigeria or hand him back his freedom has witnessed a series of dramatic twists and turns.<\/p>\n

Protesting his continued detention, the agitator had dragged the government of Republic of Benin before the ECOWAS Court of Justice.<\/p>\n

Igboho reportedly asked the regional court to award him $1million as general damages for each day he had been imprisoned in the country.<\/p>\n

But the ECOWAS Court of Justice said that it had not received any matter relating to the trial of Igboho.<\/p>\n

Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyyu in a statement on Thursday titled: \u2018Re: Purported release of Sunday Igboho\u2019, said: \u201cKindly discountenance any news about the release of Chief Sunday Adeyemo or that he is on his way to Germany. It is not true, please.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the assistance of a worldwide renowned professor and prof Akintoye and lawyers (Falola and myself), we are negotiating for something more comfortable for him than prison to meet his health demand. I advise you to remain calm and prayerful,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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