Tag: Sunday Igboho
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Benin Republic rejected aircraft sent by Nigerian govt sent to pick Sunday Igboho – Falana
Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has revealed that the Benin Republic government refused to put freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, on a waiting plane after his arrest in the French-speaking country in July. Falana said the Nigerian government told their Benin Republic counterpart to repatriate Igboho, after his arrest. The Senior Advocate spoke during an…
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Sunday Igboho: Disregard individuals, groups soliciting money for court cases – Lawyer warns Nigerians
Chief Yomi Alliyu, one of the lawyers defending Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has urged Nigerians to challenge anyone soliciting money from them for prosecution of court cases involving the Yoruba Nation agitator. TheNewsGuru recalls that Sunday Igboho’s residence in Soka, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was invaded by operatives of the Department…
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How Sunday Igboho ‘saw tomorrow’; predicted DSS raid on his home, arrest in Benin Republic – Aide
One of Sunday Igboho’s associates and close allies, Alhaji Yusuf Saheed popularly called Ajikobi 1, has disclosed how his principal predicted his current travails before the DSS raid and detention in Benin Republic custody. Saheed, who spoke with BBC Yoruba in a monitored interview described Igboho as a man who saw tomorrow. Recall that Igboho…
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Court stops DSS, AGF from arresting, harassing, intimidating Sunday Igboho
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has restrained the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and blocking the account of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Ladiran Akintola gave the order on Wednesday after listening to the motion exparte filed by…
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DSS operatives obey court order, produce 12 detained Igboho’s aides in court
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday, produced the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, before a Federal High Court, Abuja in compliance with its earlier order. Justice Obiora Egwuatu had, on July 23, ordered the security agency to bring the detainees in court following an…
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DSS fails to produce 4 out of 12 detained Igboho’s aides in court
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, failed to produce four out of the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, before a Federal High Court, Abuja. However, the DSS brought eight of the detainees before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, following the ex-parte motion moved by Counsel to…
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Sunday Igboho slams N500bn suit against Buhari’s minister, DSS
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, (a.k.a Sunday Igboho), who is currently standing trial in Republic of Benin, has filed a N500 billion suit against the Department of State Services (DSS) and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), over the invasion of his Ibadan residence, on July 1, 2021.…
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BREAKING: Court orders DSS to produce detained Igboho’s aides in court on July 29
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, before it on July 29. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order after Counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, moved the ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/647/2021 dated July…
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Igboho wept like a child when I spoke with him–Lawyer
Lead counsel for detained Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has described cold-hearted, the treatment his client was being subjected to in the custody of the police in Benin Republic. The counsel, Chief Yomi Alliyu ( SAN), made this known on Tuesday night. He said Igboho’s wife, Ropo, a German citizen, who was…
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Ooni hosts South West leaders over state of the nation, Igboho’s arrest, others
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Tuesday met with some prominent Southwest leaders over the state of the nation and arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) at his palace in Ile Ife, Osun State. According to reports, the meeting had in attendance, about 30 persons, including Senator Abiodun Olujimi;…