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Toyin Falola
Jul 20, 2021, 7:59:38 AM7/20/21
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Ighoho: There's a Strong Possibility that Extradition Request of Nigerian Government May be Rejected by Benin Republic - Akintoye
Says "Leading Lawyers in Benin Republic Are Now Incharge"
Tuesday July 20th, 2021
A Renowned Historian and Leader of the Umbrella Body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, has confirmed the arrest of Yoruba Freedom Fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic.
Akintoye, however, said he, alongside other Yoruba Patriots who are immediately available are currently working to provide assistance for Ighoho to prevent his extradition into Nigeria, saying "Benin Republic is a land that respect the rules of law".
In a statement personally signed by him and made available to News Men on Tuesday by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye called on all Yoruba People within and beyond the shores of Nigeria to come out and ensure that their ancestral land is not defeated by invaders.
"I received last night the troubling information that Chief Sunday Adeyemo fondly called Igboho had been arrested at the Cotonou Airport.
"I and other Yoruba Patriots who are immediately available are now working to provide the assistance necessary to ensure that nobody will be able to do to him anything unlawful or primitive and to prevent him from being extradited into Nigeria which is strongly possible.
"Fortunately, Benin Republic is reliably a land of law where the authorities responsibly obey the law. We have secured the services of a leading and highly respected lawyer whom we can confidently rely on.
"What the situation now calls for is that the Yoruba nation at home and in Diapora must stand strong, resolved that neither Sunday Igboho nor any other Yoruba person will henceforth be subjected to inhuman or dehumanizing treatment of any kind.
"We Yoruba nation are, by the grace of God, a very strong nation. We must arise now to show that strength.
"For a start, we must all see to it now that Sunday Ighoho will get his freedom back so as to be able to move and operate as a free person. We all know he has committed no crime.
"We know that some people are trying to suppress or even eliminate him only because he stood up to defend his kinsmen, women and children who are being massively killed and raped in their ancestral home Land; who are having their assets and means of livelihood destroyed, and who are facing ethnic cleansing and even genocide without having the benefit of protection by the rulers of their country.
"We know, furthermore, that for the protection of his people who are being brutalized, he has joined hands with many of his brethren to take the legally-approriate step, namely to seek the intervention of the International Criminal Court", Akintoye, said.
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Says "Leading Lawyers in Benin Republic Are Now Incharge"
Tuesday July 20th, 2021
A Renowned Historian and Leader of the Umbrella Body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, has confirmed the arrest of Yoruba Freedom Fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic.
Akintoye, however, said he, alongside other Yoruba Patriots who are immediately available are currently working to provide assistance for Ighoho to prevent his extradition into Nigeria, saying "Benin Republic is a land that respect the rules of law".
In a statement personally signed by him and made available to News Men on Tuesday by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye called on all Yoruba People within and beyond the shores of Nigeria to come out and ensure that their ancestral land is not defeated by invaders.
"I received last night the troubling information that Chief Sunday Adeyemo fondly called Igboho had been arrested at the Cotonou Airport.
"I and other Yoruba Patriots who are immediately available are now working to provide the assistance necessary to ensure that nobody will be able to do to him anything unlawful or primitive and to prevent him from being extradited into Nigeria which is strongly possible.
"Fortunately, Benin Republic is reliably a land of law where the authorities responsibly obey the law. We have secured the services of a leading and highly respected lawyer whom we can confidently rely on.
"What the situation now calls for is that the Yoruba nation at home and in Diapora must stand strong, resolved that neither Sunday Igboho nor any other Yoruba person will henceforth be subjected to inhuman or dehumanizing treatment of any kind.
"We Yoruba nation are, by the grace of God, a very strong nation. We must arise now to show that strength.
"For a start, we must all see to it now that Sunday Ighoho will get his freedom back so as to be able to move and operate as a free person. We all know he has committed no crime.
"We know that some people are trying to suppress or even eliminate him only because he stood up to defend his kinsmen, women and children who are being massively killed and raped in their ancestral home Land; who are having their assets and means of livelihood destroyed, and who are facing ethnic cleansing and even genocide without having the benefit of protection by the rulers of their country.
"We know, furthermore, that for the protection of his people who are being brutalized, he has joined hands with many of his brethren to take the legally-approriate step, namely to seek the intervention of the International Criminal Court", Akintoye, said.
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Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM
Jul 20, 2021, 8:41:53 AM7/20/21
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International politics and diplomacy are complicated.
The dynamics do not usually take cognizance of legality issues constantly raised about cross border arrests and extraditions.
-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)
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Oluwatoyin Adepoju
Jul 20, 2021, 9:18:57 AM7/20/21
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Fantastic!
May God bless the patriot who made that statement.
May God deal with those thieves trying to ravage and disposess Nigerians.
We know them.
Toyin
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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI
Jul 20, 2021, 10:30:23 AM7/20/21
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If Sunday Igboho committed no crime as stated by my Senior,
1 Why should he be on the run in Cotonou?
2. Why would my Senior not want him to come home and face the charges against him if they are false?
3. Isnt it while he is on trial ( rather than being on the run like a common criminal) that the Yorùbá nation can rally round him?
OAA
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This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (Fantastic!
May God bless the patriot who made that statement.
May God deal with those thieves trying to ravage and disposess Nigerians.
We know them.
Toyin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 12:59 Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
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Oluwatoyin Adepoju
Jul 20, 2021, 1:59:01 PM7/20/21
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Arguments without context:
If Sunday Igboho committed no crime as stated by my Senior,
1 Why should he be on the run in Cotonou?
2. Why would my Senior not want him to come home and face the charges against him if they are false?
3. Isnt it while he is on trial ( rather than being on the run like a common criminal) that the Yorùbá nation can rally round him?
OAA
where does one start from in examining an argument that operates in a historical and political vacuum?
does one reference MKO who chose the path of valor and is now very dead, his business empire deeply impacted or gone?
with other examples across history?
does one examine the nefarious character of the terrorist govt with the blood of countless nos of Nigerians on its hands as represented by its miyetti allah spokesmen who justify massacres of nigerians and yet run free, the same govt the acontextual commentator wants to surrender Sunday Igboho to?
i dont think ill use my energy that way.
those who wish to live in outer space while humans address live issues on earth are welcome to inhabit their alternate reality.
everyone else recognizes their perceptual disjunction for what it is.
toyin
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Oluwatoyin Adepoju
Jul 20, 2021, 1:59:18 PM7/20/21
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Do these arguments recognize the context of the situation?:
If Sunday Igboho committed no crime as stated by my Senior,
1 Why should he be on the run in Cotonou?
2. Why would my Senior not want him to come home and face the charges against him if they are false?
3. Isnt it while he is on trial ( rather than being on the run like a common criminal) that the Yorùbá nation can rally round him?
OAA
where does one start from in examining the historical and political context of this story?
does one reference MKO who chose the path of valor and is now very dead, returning to nigeria to fight for the Presidential mandate of which he is understood to have been cheated, only for him to die mysteriously in prison, even in the presence of a high ranking US delegation, his business empire subsequently deeply negatively impacted or gone?
with other examples across history?
does one examine the nefarious character of the terrorist govt with the blood of countless nos of Nigerians on its hands as represented by its miyetti allah spokesmen who justify massacres of hundreds of nigerians and yet run free, the govt enabling fulani herdsmen and fulani militia terrorism across the nation, the same govt the commentator wants to surrender Sunday Igboho to?
thanks
toyin
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