Former President Olusegun Obasanjo travelled to Benin Republic in the first week of August in an attempt at mediating in the ongoing trial of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Igboho.
According to TheCable, top sources in the diplomatic circles said the former president travelled to Zanzibar, an island in Tanzania on August 1 and rerouted to the Francophone country.



He was said to have travelled to Benin Republic on the guise of condoling with Nicephore Soglo who recently lost his wife – Roseline Soglo. Roseline died on July 25 at the age of 87 in Cotonou.

Soglo was president of Benin Republic from 1991 to 1996.

“Former President Obasanjo travelled to Zanzibar on August 1. Perhaps to conceal his trip; he rerouted to Benin Republic,” one of the sources said.

“He was to condole with former President Soglo who recently lost his wife.”

Another source who was also privy to Obasanjo’s trip said, “He also met with Patrice Talon. The purpose of the meeting was to seek soft-landing for Sunday Igboho. He’s asking the Beninese authorities to grant the separatist leader asylum, and not to return him to Nigeria.

“The former president intervened on the request of some South-West leaders.”

SaharaReporters had two weeks ago reported that Igboho was awaiting his fate at the Cour De’Appel De Cotonou, Benin Republic, following his arraignment by the authorities of the country.

A source had told SaharaReporters that the activist was not for extradition to Nigeria.

SaharaReporters had reported how Benin Republic police about four weeks ago arrested Igboho at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport in Cotonou, while trying to fly from the country to Germany.

The Department of State Services (DSS) had on July 1 raided the residence of the activist in Ibadan, Oyo state.

Igboho had planned a ”Yoruba Nation Rally” in Lagos two days before the raid.

The DSS raided the residence, killing two people and arresting 12 aides but Igboho escaped.

The agency alleged that Igboho was stockpiling weapons, and subsequently declared him wanted.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2021/08/07/obasanjo-travels-benin-republic-meets-president-over-sunday-igboho%E2%80%99s-trial

God bless OBJ and give the separatist a good landing. FTC on my mind

God bless you baba Obasanjo.

God bless you baba Obasanjo for always being there for Nigerians not only your people.

Yoruba oduduwa agitation struggle is already hijacked by the southwest political leader, that now reminds me on what Rauf Aregbesola once said that oduduwa agitators are illiterates, it is true, because igboho is not smart and can't be as popular as Nnamdi KANU is...after Yorubas and Hausa Fulani's romance. The same Yoruba's now wants to leave, abi?. Let me see how possible it will be, Yoruba's will and must stay with the North so that they will handle them the way they are using them to handle the biafrans, next time the southwest will learn to be straight forward in their lives and stop their betrayals genetic traits..the same thing goes to the ijaws..