What Yoruba Obas in Benin Republic said about Sunday Igboho’s trial after a meeting at Ajohoun Palace

The Yoruba speaking monarchs in the Benin Republic have resolved to write the president of the country, Patrice Talon over the arrest and detention of the Yoruba nation freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho.

The monarchs disclosed after a meeting at the Ajohoun Palace in Adjohoun, Benin Republic on Sunday.

Newsflash Nigeria had earlier reported that the traditional rulers met to discuss ways of ensuring that the secessionist I’d freed by Beninese authorities.

Kings and chiefs of Yoruba origin, who believe they are brothers with Sunday Igboho, who was recently arrested in Cotonou, are seeking ways to help the activist who is wanted in Nigeria.

The court of appeal sitting in Cotonou will continue hearing the case by the Federal Government of Nigeria against Igboho, who has been held in Benin for nearly seven days.

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The activist was arrested by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin after he was declared wanted in Nigeria by the Department of State Security Services, DSS.

The traditional rulers told BBC News Yoruba at the end of the meeting that they were working towards finding a solution to Sunday Igboho’s issues with the authorities of the country.

They said that it was agreed upon that a letter should be written to the president of Benin Republic, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Head of the country’s parliament.

One of the monarchs, King Siyan Aladjohoun of Adjohoun stated that they considered visiting the country’s President and other government officials to resolve the issues.

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