Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, will know the outcome of his asylum application this week.
The bail application for Igboho was delayed by his lawyers, because of his medical report and the expected outcome of his asylum application among others.
They were considering different options to get the activist out of a detention facility in Cotonou in Benin Republic, without being extradited to Nigeria.
Igboho and his wife were arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021, by the International Criminal Police Organisation at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on their way to Germany. Ropo was later released.
This was after DSS raided his house in Ibadan and declared him wanted for stockpiling arms.
When he was re-arraigned last Monday, fresh charges were levelled against the 48-year-old activist, who was also returned to a new detention facility.
The Coordinating counsel for Igboho, Olasupo Ojo, said he was yet to get any official report on his asylum.
Asked if Igboho had been granted asylum, he said, “I have not got any official report in relation to that.”
“Yes, we are expecting feedback this week,” he added when asked if Igboho’s asylum application feedback may be out this week.
Also, the spokesperson for Ilana Omo Oduduwa, Maxwell Adeleye, said the organisation is expecting a positive response.
“We have submitted an application and we are hoping to get a positive response before the end of the week,” he told The PUNCH on the telephone.
Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Igboho, had explained that charges against Igboho would be neutralised if the activist is granted asylum.