By The Federal Government has said self-styled Yoruba Nation agigator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho is currently making efforts to acquire a new passport and escape the country.
It said it had placed the activist on the stop-list — denying him all constitutional rights and privileges a citizen is entitled to — in order to facilitate his arrest by security operatives.
The directive was contained in a letter by the Nigeria Immigration Service dated July 9, 2021 and addressed to the Director-General, Department of State Services, DSS, the Inspector General of Police and the DG, National Intelligence Agency, NIA.
Recall the Department of State Services (DSS) had declared Igboho — a lead figure in the separatist agitation for the Yoruba Nation — wanted on allegations of stockpiling arms to destabilise the country, which he has since denied.
Since operatives of the DSS and other security agencies invaded his home, killing several of his aides and abducting his wife and other family members, his whereabouts have remained unknown.
The NIS letter was titled ‘Stop-listing of person: Adeyemo Sunday Adeniyi (aka Sunday Igboho), male, Nigerian, passport number A11613637, date of birth 10/10/1972’. It was signed by Assistant Comptroller General of Immigration, Investigation and Compliance, A.B. Baba, on behalf of the Comptroller General and was copied to all zonal controllers and control posts nationwide.
“I am directed to request that you kindly place the above-named person on stop-list. Credible intelligence revealed that Adeyemo is making efforts to obtain a police extract and/or court affidavit to enable him acquire a new Nigerian passport, apparently to facilitate his escape out of the country,” it reads.
“In addition, he should be arrested wherever and whenever sighted and referred to the Director-General, Department of State Services vide letter no: S.605/A/246 dated 05 July 2021.”
