The
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the repatriation
of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday
Igboho. Igboho, who is in detention in Benin Republic, is facing trial after he
was arrested in Cotonou on his way to Germany after he fled Nigeria to evade
arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The South-West Zone D Coordinator of NANS, Adegboye
Olatunji, in a statement yesterday accused the Federal Government of abandoning
Igboho to suffer in the Benin Republic.
“The actions, inaction and body language of the
Federal Government suggest their culpability or at least their approval
concerning the treatment being meted out to the selfstyled activist. “It remains
within the responsibility of the Federal Government to protect the interest and
rights of her citizens within and outside the borders of the country.
“The activities of the Federal Government, however,
communicate nonchalance and unwillingness that suggests that the Benin Republic
is only acting on a script that was scripted by the Nigerian government,” he
said.
