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Just In: Kanu is in Nigeria and we’re fighting under the same circumstances; let them take me to Nigeria-Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation activist Sunday āIgbohoā Adeyemo has accused Ibrahim Salami, one of his lawyers, of disrespecting him amid his legal struggle to wriggle out of the Benin Republic detention and avoid extradition to Nigeria.
He said the lawyer kept him waiting for 15 minutes to attend to someone else.
āHe didnāt give me respect at all.,ā said Igboho.
In a 15-minute audio recording published by Sahara Reporters, Mr Adeyemo said that he left angrily to eat when his lawyer was attending to some people rather than him.
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āI told him (lawyer) I was hungry and had to eat, and he told me to go. I told him to see me. It wasnāt because of those people that he came here now,ā the activist complained. āI was waiting for him for 15 minutes. If he had told those people to give him time to attend to his client, that one would not have said anything because he knew you came there because of me.ā
In the leaked audio, Igboho said he felt abandoned and disappointed.
āBut he abandoned me where I was. I didnāt know him before now; I wasnāt expecting him at all. I didnāt know it was Salami that lawyer Falola would be sending,ā the Yoruba Nation activist fleeing from President Muhammadu Buhari regimeās secret police added. āIām not a young boy now; Iāll be 50 years (old) by October this year. I might have a small body, but God answered my prayers. Iām a man, and I know my worth.ā
Referring to Nnamdi Kanuās extraction to Nigeria, Mr Adeyemo pointed out that he was under similar conditions. He added, āI have accepted my fate. I do not fear anything except God. I will ask the judge if he is God. If they decide to take me back to Nigeria, let them take me there. Kanu is in Nigeria, and we are fighting under the same circumstances. It is only fear, but if there is God there, let them bring me to Nigeria.ā
An upset Igboho said the Beninois lawyers representing him were incompetent despite collecting millions of naira to defend him.
āThe lawyers that canāt convince a judge to release me. See how many they are: about 10 of them. Are those ones lawyers?ā lamented Igboho. āThe lawyers that canāt let them remove handcuffs from my hands for seven days until Falola came. It wasnāt small money that they collected. Some collected N5 million, some N4 million.ā
In a frustrated tone, he further disclosed, āI donāt need any information from them. I told my wife when she visited me recently: any information that canāt take me out of here is useless.ā
In the leaked audio recording, Igboho also revealed how he confronted Beninois prison officers.
āIf I get angry with anyone, the person wonāt be able to hold me. The day I confronted them here in prison, they were shocked,ā said Igboho, āI told them to either kill me or change my cell and that I didnāt care if they would open fire on me. They had no option than to change my cell.ā
The Interpol arrested Igboho and his Germany-based wife at CadjĆØhoun Airport in Cotonou on July 20, trying to board a flight to Germany.
Mr Igboho was declared wanted by the State Security Service after the operatives violently raided his Ibadan home killing at least two of his associates.
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