Igboho in no bid to seem asylum in Germany: Lawyer
Olasupo Ojo, Coordinator of Legal Affairs for Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, has said the agitator was not seeking asylum in Germany but has a resident permit in the European country
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This is even as Oyo State High Court sitting at Ibadan, will tomorrow hear his application seeking to move an order of interim injunction pending the hearing of the main suit for an order restraining the Attorney General, of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami SAN, and the Department of State Services, DSS, from further breaching his fundamental human rights.
Meanwhile, the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday deferred hearing of the fundamental right enforcement suit the 12 persons arrested at Igboho’s residence filed to be released from detention.
Ojo, who is former President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, and legal adviser of Ilana Omo Oodua, told Vanguard yesterday: “Sunday Igboho does not require asylum in Germany, he has a residence permit in Germany, his wife and children are there, so he does not require asylum.
‘’His wife and children are citizens of Germany and so, he has a right to reside there as long as he has his permit. He is not seeking asylum in Germany.”
‘’His wife and children are citizens of Germany and so, he has a right to reside there as long as he has his permit. He is not seeking asylum in Germany.”
Giving an update on the condition Sunday Igboho is being kept in Benin Republic prison, he said: “Benin prison is better than the police station, he has the right to visitation by his lawyer, wife and well-wishers but there is nothing like freedom, no matter how comfortable that place may be.”
On his state of health, he said: “I spoke with him on phone, he is in very high spirit. He has not committed any offence and he keeps telling anybody that he has not committed any offence.
‘’If anyone has committed any offence, it is the Nigerian government and the Department of State Services, DSS, that raided his residence. Raid is unknown to law, raid means an attack to kill and to destroy and it is unlawful and illegal.
“All they are trying to do is to look for justification for that raid but illegality cannot be justified by whatever means.
“There is no conviction, he has no criminal record anywhere and so, the onus is on the Nigerian government to face the reality. That is my advice to them.
‘’It is not only Sunday Igboho that has been attending rallies in Oyo, Ogun, Kwara, Ekiti, Ondo and Osun states, but millions of Yoruba also attended those rallies and no single one of them was arrested.”
Similarly, Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan will tomorrow hear the application of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, seeking to move an order of interim injunction, pending the hearing of the main suit for an order restraining the Attorney General, of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami SAN, & DSS from further breaching his fundamental human rights.
The hearing will be heard at Court 7, Ring Road, Ibadan.
Igboho had on July 23, 2021, filed a N500billion suit before an Oyo High Court sitting in Ibadan, against the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami SAN, and DSS over alleged breach of his fundamental rights.
Other respondents in the suit are the Department of State Services, DSS, and director, State Security Service Oyo State.
Igboho is seeking for reliefs that the invasion and malicious damage of his residence at Igboho Villa, 1, Dalag Street, Off Soka Bus Stop, Soka Area, Off Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan and properties on July 1, 2021, by the 2nd and 3rd respondents is a violation of his fundamental right to privacy and that of his home as guaranteed and protected by Sections 37, 43 and 44 of the Constitution, of Nigeria 1999, as amended and African Charter on human and peoples rights (Ratification and Enforcement)Act, 2010.
The Applicant, through his counsel, Chief Yomi Alliyu SAN, is also seeking an order of the court compelling the respondents jointly and severally to pay Igboho the sum of N500 million as special damages for the damage done to his car and residence.