Sunday Igboho Transferred To New Detention Facility In Benin Republic After His Lawyer Complained
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An order has been given by the Cour
D’Appel De Cotonou for Yoruba Nation
agitator, Sunday Igboho, to be transferred
to another detention facility.
The order was given after Igboho’s
lawyers complained that his fundamental
human rights were being abused,
according to a report by Punch.
Recall that we had earlier reported that
Igboho had leg chain and hand-cuff on
him.
But Ilana Omo Oodua in a statement in
Monday morning said the leg chain and
hand-cuff were later removed from him.
According to Ibrahim Salami, one of the
Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of
Sunday Igboho, the activist needed
support to eat and use the toilet because
of the hand-cuff.
Before the new order, Igboho was
detained at Brigade Criminelle facility.
Though tbe new detention facility is yet to
be disclosed, our correspondent gathered
that the activist would possibly be moved
to Cotonou Civil Prison.
Also, the Cour De’Appel De Cotonou
returned Igboho to police custody pending
further investigation.
The activist was returned to cell after a
13-hour hearing, which ended around
11:20 pm on Monday.
The case was heard behind closed doors
as the court limited attendance to lawyers,
Igboho’s wife, Ropo, and a few others.
Journalists and Igboho’s supporters who
thronged the court in their large numbers
were denied access.
Details of the judgment are sketchy as of
the time of filing this report.
But some of the supporters reconverged
at Marina Roundabout some minutes
after, awaiting judgement.
Igboho and his wife were arrested on
Monday, July 19, 2021, by the
International Criminal Police Organisation
at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou,
Republic of Benin on their way to
Germany
When they were arraigned last Thursday,
the Beninese court adjourned the case till
Monday (today) after Igboho’s five
lawyers failed to convince the prosecutor
that he had no case to answer.
The Beninese authorities released Ropo –
the agitator’s wife, while the 48-year-old
activist was returned to police custody.
The lawyers had after Thursday’s hearing
said that prosecutors claimed Igboho was
on a watchlist for alleged trafficking in
arms, inciting violence that could result in
social disturbance and causing disunity in
Nigeria.
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