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ECOWAS Court Orders Benin Republic To Pay 20million CFA To Yoruba Nation Activist, Sunday Igboho

 

Recall that Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in July 2021 in Cotonou, Benin Republic and detained at the request of the then former President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government.

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has ordered the government of the Republic of Benin to pay a Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the sum of 20million CFA within three months.

The court which gave the order on Tuesday said that the fine against the Republic of Benin was for unlawfully detaining and violating Igboho’s fundamental human rights.

Recall that Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in July 2021 in Cotonou, Benin Republic and detained at the request of the then former President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government.

Also recall that Adeyemo had planned a “Yoruba nation rally” in Lagos two days before a combined team of the Nigeria Army and the Department of State Services raided his residence in the Soka area in Ibadan, Oyo State, on July 1, 2021.

But Tuesday's judgment was sequel to the application brought before the court by Adeyemo against Benin Republic, challenging his arrest and detention on July 21, 2021, while the application was filed before the ECOWAS Court in Abuja, on February 10, 2022.

According to PUNCH, delivering judgment on the suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/15/22 Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) vs Republic of Benin, Justices Gberi-Bé Ouattara; Sengu M. Koroma and Ricardo Claúdio Monteiro Goncalves, further ordered the French-speaking country to comply with the court order and report back to the court with the evidence of payment.

The court document stated that “Orders sought wherefore Adeyemo prays for the following from this Honourable Court: 1 “Pursuant to Article 59 of Rules of Procedure, an expedited procedure and hearing, regarding the imprisonment and release of Adeyemo;


“(2) An Order for the immediate and unconditional release of Adeyemo, along with his Nigerian passport, pending litigation and determination of damages, and (3) Such orders as this honourable court may deem fit.”


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