IGBOHO TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY AS BENINESE COURT ADJOURNS TILL FRIDAY

The case involving Sunday Adeyemo, Yoruba nation agitator popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been adjourned.

The Cour De'appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic adjourned hearing till Friday, July 23. The separatist activist is believed to have been arraigned on immigration related offences. After the adjournment, neither Igboho's Lawyers nor the Beninese counsel spoke on what transpired in the court, BBC Yoruba reports.

Igboho and his wife have been in custody since their arrest at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou, as they attempted to board a flight to Germany on Monday.

"The wife is to be released this night and Sunday is to remain in custody. The matter was adjourned till Friday," an official said.