Nigeria, July 20 -- Contrary to reports and various press releases on social media that Sunday Adeyemo (popularly called Sunday Igboho) has been released and flown to Germany, the Yoruba nation agitator is still being held by the authorities in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

Wale Adeniran, one of the leaders of Ilana Omo Odua, a body of Yoruba self-determination groups that Mr Adeyemo partners with, said this in a zoom conversation organised by Heritage Multimedia TV on Tuesday evening.

Mr Adeniran, a pioneer Commissioner of Education in Osun State, is the former Director of Institute of African Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

The zoom meeting was monitored by our correspondent.

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