The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja has ordered the Government of Benin Republic to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA.
The Court in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justices Gberi-Bé Ouattara, Sengu M. Koroma and Ricardo Claúdio Monteiro Goncalves, stated that the sum was a compensation for violating Igboho’s fundamental rights and unlawful detention.
According to the court, Benin Republic should comply with the order within three months and report back to the court with evidence of payment.
Recall Igboho was arrested in Cotonou while trying to depart the country for Germany in 2021, after he was declared wanted by the Department of State Services, DSS in Nigeria, following a raid on his Ibadan residence.
