Prof. Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate, has travelled to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to pay a visit to Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho.
Around midday on Sunday, the literary icon was observed crossing the Seme border into Benin Republic’s capital, Cotonou.
While waiting to finish immigration requirements, he was surrounded by a crowd and questioned repeatedly where he was going.
He said that he was visiting Sunday Igboho to break the Muslim fast with him.
When reminded that neither he nor Ighoho was a Muslim, Soyinka said it didn’t matter.
He said he had wished to see Igboho, so as to sympathise with his predicament.
“Ramadan is as good as any other season to express non-denominational solidarity,” added the Professor.
Igboho was arrested in Cotonou on July 20, 2021, while trying to flee to Germany as the Nigerian government had declared him wanted.
He was arrested with his wife, Ropo, who was later released. Igboho spent eight months in prison before he was released by the Benin Republic government, but he is not allowed to leave the country.
Igboho had been at the forefront of agitation for the Yoruba Nation in Nigeria until his house was invaded by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Ibadan. He managed to flee while some of his aides were killed and others arrested.