ECOWAS Court Yet To Receive Sunday Igboho’s Case — Official

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Friday said that it has not received any matter relating to the trial of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic.

The Deputy President of the Court, Justice Dupe Atoki, stated this at the end of the court’s one-week sensitisation mission to Kwara State.

Atoki said the court of the 15-member West African countries only concerns itself with civil matters brought before it.

Declared wanted by the Department of State Services for allegedly stockpiling arms to destabilise Nigeria, an allegation he denied, Igboho escaped to the neighbouring francophone country in July 2021.

However, luck ran out on him and he was arrested by the Interpol at a Benin airport when he tried to board a Germany-bound flight.

He had since been remanded in a prison in Benin Republic for over six months where he is said to be facing trial for immigration-related offences, amongst others.

Asked to comment on Igboho’s ordeal, Atoki said, “Obviously, there has been no complaint about Sunday Igboho before the court and for all intents and purposes, the court has no idea of who Sunday Igboho is and what is happening to him.