Nigeria, July 20 -- Social media has been agog in the last few hours following reports of the arrest of a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Benin Republic Police on Monday evening arrested Mr Igboho at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic, while trying to leave the country for Germany.

He was "disembarked from his plane, arrested by the Beninese police while he was trying to travel to Germany and then transferred to the Cotonou Criminal Brigade," according to local media.

It was learnt that under the agreements between the two countries, Mr Igboho's extradition should be concluded without a hindrance.

Mr Igboho has led rallies in Ondo, Eki...