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Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo has gotten a reprieve as the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja ordered the government of the Republique du Benin to pay him a sum of 20 million CFA.
On Tuesday, the court ordered that the money should be paid within three months for his unlawful detention and violation of his fundamental human rights.
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justices Gberi-Bé Ouattara, Sengu M. Koroma, and Ricardo Claúdio Monteiro Goncalves, in suit number: ECW/CCJ/APP/15/22, the regional court ordered the Francophone country to comply with its order to pay 20 million CFA to Adeyemo within three months and also report back to the court with the evidence of payment.
The judgment followed the application brought before the court by Adeyemo against the defendant (Benin Republic), challenging his arrest and detention in the French-speaking countsson July 21, 2021.
According to the court documents, “Orders sought wherefore Chief Adeyemo prays for the following from this Honourable Court: 1 Pursuant to Article 59 of Rules of Procedure, an expedited procedure and hearing regarding the imprisonment and release of Chief Adeyemo.”
Recall that on July 20, 2021, Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and detained at the request of the Nigerian government.