Court order on Igboho: Benin must prove it respects rule of law — Ojo
Olasupo Ojo Olasupo Ojo, a former President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, is the legal adviser of the Ilana Omo Oodua. Ojo is also the Coordinator of Legal Affairs for the Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho. In this interview, the lawyer says the authorities in Benin Republic must prove to the international community that it respects rule of law over the moves by the Nigerian government to extradite Igboho from Benin. He calls the court order remanding the activist in prison suspicious but is optimistic that Igboho will get justice. The court in the Benin Republic decided to remand Sunday Igboho in prison as investigation into his case goes on. What are they investigating and how long will the investigation take? We are suspicious because there was no documentary evidence of any allegation against him and we are not comfortable with the order made by the court because there was no basis to make the order. Having failed to...