The Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Tuesday, said the continued detention of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, is miscarriage of justice.
He said this after Benin Republic government said Igboho will not be released until the next six months.
Adams insisted that the self-determination campaigner had committed no crime for expressing his displeasure with the Nigerian state, adding that the condition of things made him (Igboho) demand the secession of the South-West geopolitical zone from the current geographical space known as Nigeria.
Reacting in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, Adams condemned what he described as the “secret trial” of Igboho.
“There was miscarriage of justice in the way Igboho’s detention was extended without trial. It is evident that Benin Republic has taken Igboho’s case far beyond the normal legal procedures.
“The extension of the detention of Igboho further exposed the frailty in the administration of justice. The young man’s rights have been abused without trial. He had not been convicted of any offence. The law of any country that claims to be guided by the rule of law should be explicit on the rights of citizens,” Adams was quoted as saying.
