Ibrahim Salami,
Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou-
based lawyers of Yoruba Nation
agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday
Igboho, has said the police in Benin
Republic handcuffed the hands of the
activist despite detaining him in a
locked cell.
Salami spoke on Saturday in a Facebook
Live Interview with BBC News Yoruba
monitored by The PUNCH.
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He said, “We are five lawyers handling
his case. When we visited Sunday
Adeyemo at the police station, he was
not beaten but what they did that is
alien to the law here is that they
handcuffed him inside the police cell
after locking the cell. This makes eating
and movement within the cell difficult
for him to the extent that someone has
been helping him in this regard.
“Apart from being a lawyer, I am also a
professor of law at a university here in
Benin Republic. Part of what we teach
our students is human rights. Human
rights frown at the action of the police.
“I called the attention of the police
commander and the prosecutor to this
but still nothing changed. At the
moment, Sunday Igboho’s hands are in
chains at the police station. This is not
good at all.”
Salami also said the Nigerian
Government’s representatives told the
court that Igboho is a gunrunner who
tried to divide Nigeria.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that a
Beninise court ruled on Thursday that
Igboho’s Germany-based wife, Ropo,
should be released unconditionally as
there were no charges against her.
The court, however, ruled that Igboho
be remanded in police custody till the
next week when sitting would resume in
the French-speaking court.
The two were arrested at the Cadjèhoun
Airport in Cotonou on Monday while
they tried to catch a flight to Germany.
Igboho was earlier declared wanted by
the Department of State Services for
allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation
he denied. The secret police had also
raided his house, killed two of his
associates and arrested about 12 of
them.