{"id":128120,"date":"2023-12-06T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ecowas-court-orders-benin-republic-to-pay-sunday-igboho-20-million-cfa\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:22:42","slug":"ecowas-court-orders-benin-republic-to-pay-sunday-igboho-20-million-cfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ecowas-court-orders-benin-republic-to-pay-sunday-igboho-20-million-cfa\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS Court Orders Benin Republic To Pay Sunday Igboho 20 Million CFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Government of Benin Republic, on Tuesday, has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA.<\/p>\n<p>The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja ruled that the sum was compensation for violating Igboho\u2019s fundamental rights and unlawful detention.<\/p>\n<p>The court gave the order in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justices Gberi-B\u00e9 Ouattara, Sengu M. Koroma and Ricardo Cla\u00fadio Monteiro Goncalves, in the matter, marked: ECW\/CCJ\/APP\/15\/22, Chief Sunday Adeyemo vs. Republic of Benin.<\/p>\n<p>According to the court, Benin Republic should comply with the order within three months and report back to the court with evidence of payment.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Igboho was arrested in Cotonou while trying to depart the country for Germany in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Igboho Slams Gumi For Faulting Tinubu\u2019s Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was after he escaped from Nigeria and was declared wanted by the Department of State Services (DSS) following a raid on his Ibadan residence.<\/p>\n<p>An event which saw some of his aides killed, while several others were arrested by the secret police.<\/p>\n<p>He was recently released from protective custody in Cotonou where he has been over a year ago, having fulfilled all the conditions attached to his bail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1927346265\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Benin Republic, on Tuesday, has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA. 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