YORUBA Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, was not arrested but surrendered himself for the sake of peace, according to one of his lawyers, Pelumi Olajengbesi.
Olajengbesi who reacted to the rumoured arrest today via his Facebook page, said it is not true that the Department of State Services (DSS) nabbed Igboho in an airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic, while trying to escape to Germany.
“Igboho was not arrested in the true sense of the word. Yes, he is with the security services, I can confirm that but contrary to the DSS’s cooked up stories, he was the one who surrendered himself for the sake of peace,” he said .
“We are making efforts to ensure that he is fine. You know the Department of State Services declared him wanted. We just believe that Sunday Igboho is not the problem. He is someone who believed that the Yoruba people and Nigerians generally should live in peace wherever they are.
“As a matter of fact, let me tell you now that Igboho was ‘arrested’ simply because he wanted to make himself available to the government.
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“If not, Sunday Igboho is not someone who can be arrested that way. But because he believes that the journey to justice for the Yoruba people and for the Nigerian state to be able to live in peace may be needed for him to be available, that was why.”
Igboho was declared wanted by the DSS on July 1 after he escaped a raid on his residence in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, where 12 of his aides were arrested while two were shot dead.
While declaring him wanted, the DSS spokesman, Peter Afunnaya, had advised Igboho to turn himself into the nearest security.
“Those cheering and eulogising him may appeal to or advise him to do the needful.
“He should surrender himself to the appropriate authorities. He or anyone can never be above the law,” Afunnaya had said during a press briefing.
