Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on
Sunday Igboho detention in Benin.
Credit: Oluwafemi Dawodu
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The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide
Sanwo-Olu, has stated that people are ”
working behind the scenes” concerning
the arrest and trial of Yoruba Nation
activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly
known as Sunday Igboho.
The governor made this known while
addressing the Press at the Polling Unit
019 Ward 08, Ikoyi II, where he cast his
vote during the Local Government/
Council Areas election on Saturday.
PUNCH Online was live at the venue and
our correspondent on ground asked the
governor about the presumed silence of
South West governors on the arrest of
Igboho.
In response, the governor explained
that “people” are working behind the
scenes, stating that the case doesn’t
have to be a public conversation.
“These are very difficult times for all of
us. I can assure you that people are
working behind the scenes.
“At occasions like this, it’s not by how
many Press people you call.
The PUNCH earlier reported that the 48-
year-old activist was arrested on
Monday, July 19, 2021, by the
International Criminal Police
Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport
in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
Igboho was arrested with his Germany-
based wife, Ropo, at the airport while
they reportedly tried to catch a flight to
Germany around 8 pm on Monday.
Five days after the arrest and planned
extradition of Yoruba Nation agitator,
the six governors in the South-West
geopolitical zone of Nigeria have kept
mum over the matter.
The governors are Rotimi Akeredolu
(Ondo), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Gboyega
Oyetola (Osun), Seyi Makinde (Oyo),
Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Babajide
Sanwo-Olu (Lagos).
Efforts to get the comments of
Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of
South-West Governors’ Forum, proved
abortive as the Ondo State
Commissioner for Information and
Orientation, Donald Ojogo, neither took
several calls to his line nor replied a
text message sent to his line by our
correspondent.