JUST IN: Sunday Igboho held in Benin as FG silent on extradition warrant

  Nigeria has not issued an extradition warrant for a separatist activist who has been in jail in neighbouring Benin since July, lawyers said Saturday. Sunday Igboho, who pushes for independence for the southwestern Yoruba people, was arrested in Benin while trying to fly to Germany. “What we feared at the start was an extradition request but there is no such demand,” said Ibrahim David Salami, a lawyer for Igboho. Benin charged the activist with “associating with criminals”. “The fact that he is being investigated for a violation that could have been committed on Beninese territory is a hurdle to

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