Sunday Igboho“He allowed me access to everything I needed and to my wife and visitors. The only thing he did not allow was my wife sleeping with me in my cell.”
These were the words of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, after his release from detention in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He had been in detention since July last year.
In a BBC interview today, April 11, Igboho said that contrary to rumours of a horrid time behind bars, he had a splendid time and was well treated.
“President Talon ensured that I was Ok in prison. He gave me full protection. He instructed doctors to be at my beck and call.
He said it was a policeman who came to inform him about his full release on 7 April.
He had to procure the service of an interpreter, who told him the President of the Republic has released him.
Igboho thanked numerous people, his wife, Yoruba at home and in diaspora, Yoruba and Egun Obas in Benin, his Benin lawyer Adebayo Salami, Professor Akintoye and Professor Wale Adeniran.
He said contrary to some insinuations that Talon would release him to Nigeria, he said there was nothing like that.
Against his anxiety, he said he kept getting assurances from Benin officials to ‘calm down’.
“They told me at every turn to relax. That what they were doing was in my best interest as the sharks from Nigeria were circling around to pick him”.
On his next plans, Igboho who looked radiant in his purple French suit, said he would soon return to Ibadan and Nigeria.
On return, he will demand the payment from the Federal Government of N20 billion awarded to him by the court, following the destruction of his house by DSS officials.
