{"id":92562,"date":"2022-03-07T20:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92562"},"modified":"2022-03-07T20:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:23:52","slug":"breaking-sunday-igboho-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-sunday-igboho-released\/","title":{"rendered":"(BREAKING): Sunday Igboho Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1726667312387503340\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho, has been released in Benin Republic.<\/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\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIgboho was released on Monday to Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nReceiving Igboho also was the Akintoye\u2019s deputy, Wale Adeniran.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn a statement by the group\u2019s Communications Secretary, Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye described the release of Ighoho as a triumph of truth over darkness in Yorubaland.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Department of State Services had raided Igboho\u2019s Ibadan residence on July 1, 2021, killed two of his aides and arrested 12 of his aides who were later released after months in detention at the secret police\u2019s headquarters in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDeclared wanted by the DSS for allegedly stockpiling arms to destabilise Nigeria, an allegation he denied, Igboho escaped to the neighbouring francophone country in July 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHowever, luck ran out on him and he was arrested by the Interpol at a Benin airport on July 19, 2021 when he tried to board a Germany-bound flight.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe was remanded in a prison in Benin Republic since then where he was said to have faced trial for immigration-related offences, amongst others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBut Akintoye, who had earlier said he relocated to Benin Republic to secure Igboho\u2019s freedom, announced on Monday that the activist has been freed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho, has been released in Benin Republic. 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