Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, who is currently in a detention facility in Benin Republic, is reportedly very ill.
According to one of his lawyers, Yomi Alliyu, in an interview with BBC Yoruba, the rights activist took ill in Benin Republic prison custody and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
It would be recalled that Igboho’s home in Soka, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State was invaded by men from DSS about 1:30am on July 1, 2021, leading to the arrest of 12 of his aides, while he managed to escape arrest.
Igboho was later arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on July 16, 2021, with his wife, while travelling to Germany and has since then been in detention.
The lawyer raised an alarm that Igboho needed urgent medical attention, saying, “Igboho was not diagnosed with this sickness before he was arrested in Cotonou. It was so critical that they had to rush him to the hospital.
“I can’t tell if he has been returned to the prison from the hospital but what I know is, he’s battling ill health and it seems his kidney and lungs are already being affected.
“Even though I cannot tell which part of his body the sickness has really affected, I know it has to do with his internal organs.”
