Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho will on Sunday clock 49 in Cotonou, capital of Benin Republic.
Igboho, born in 1972, hails from Igboho town, located in Oke Ogun area, Oyo State.
Nicknamed after his hometown, Igboho later rose to fame following his role in the Modakeke-Ife communal crisis in 1997, where he played part.
Many believe Igboho has metaphysical abilities making him a formidable opponent in battle.
He also earned the ‘Akoni Oodua’, a title that means ‘Warrior of Yorubaland’.
He came into national limelight in January, when he gave a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Ibarapa, Oyo State due to the criminal activities of armed herders.
Igboho had accused criminal herders of being responsible for the killings, rape and kidnappings in southwest.
His supporters held rallies across various southwest states including Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, and Ogun states respectively.
But Igboho has been in the eye of the storm since he was arrested by the operatives of Brigade criminelle (Criminal Brigade) on July 19 in Cotonou.
The Nation reports before Igboho’s arrest, his Ibadan home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), killing two of his aides and arresting 12 others during the operation.
Igboho, after going underground for 19 days, was finally arrested in neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic, while trying to travel to Germany.
Igboho was arrested by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin alongside his wife Ropo, on their way to Germany.
His wife has been released but Igboho who was first detained at the Brigade économique et financière (BEF), is currently at Prison Civile de Cotonou — Cotonou Civil Prison.
In the last judgment, the Cour De’appal De Cotonou ordered that Igboho should be kept in prison custody. (The Nation)
