Supporters of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, on Thursday arrived at Cour De’appal De Cotonou ahead of his arraignment.
The Yoruba-speaking supporters demanded that Igboho should not be returned to Nigeria, saying that he had committed no offence.
NewsSpecng gathered that the rights activist was held by Brigade Criminelle in Cotonou after he was arrested at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, with his wife on their way to Germany on Monday night.
On Wednesday, there were protests in Ibadan, Cotonou and London against Igboho’s arrest.
In Ibadan, armed policemen dispersed his supporters who protested in the city.
In Cotonou, Republic of Benin, some Yoruba people in the city stormed the country’s court where it was believed the extradition hearing of Igboho would hold.
The protesters were seen singing solidarity songs and demanding freedom for Igboho in a video on the Facebook page of Olayomi Koiki, Igboho’s media aide.
The agitators also demanded an independent nation of Yoruba people, saying they had confidence in Benin Republic justice system.
In the two-minute video, an unnamed speaker told supporters of the activist to be calm, saying that “Igboho is alright, but has not gone to Germany” as being speculated.
“We are in Cotonou at the moment where the extradition case of Sunday Igboho will hold. Baba is fine, but the case has not been decided,” the speaker who spoke in Yoruba said.
Also, the Yoruba nation protesters in London stormed the British parliament to protest against the arrest of the activist.
In a live video by Heritage media on Facebook, protesters were seen with the Yoruba nation flag, placards and branded T-shirts with inscriptions such as #Leave Our freedom fighters alone, stop extrajudicial killings in southern Nigeria, Free Sunday Igboho, I stand with Sunday Igboho.
An unnamed speaker urged the supporters of the activist to be calm, saying “Igboho has not gone back to Germany as has been speculated. He is still in Cotonou.
“We are calling on the regime of Muhammadu Buhari to leave our freedom fighters alone. We are tired of the killings in Yorubaland. Enough is enough.”
