With many calls for the release of popular Yoruba nation agitator from Benin prison, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice, has disclosed that it has no clue of who Yoruba nation agitator, Mr. Sunday Igboho is or his travail in the Republic of Benin.
Fielding questions from journalists at the end of its one-week sensitisation mission to Ilorin Kwara state, the Deputy President of the court, Justice Dupe Atoki revealed that there is nothing relating to Igboho before the ECOWAS Court .
She noted that the ECOWAS Court is only concerned with civil matters brought before it, adding that Igboho’s matter has not been mentioned.
Recall Igboho is said to be standing trial in the Republic of Benin on charges of illegal migration and attempt to cause civil unrest in the country, just as the Nigerian government has also charged him for being in possession of unlicensed arms and ammunition.
Atoki explained, “Obviously, there has been no complaint about supposed Sunday Igboho before the court, and for all intents and purposes, the court has no idea of who Sunday Igboho is and what’s happening to him.
“We have no clue of who or what is happening to Sunday Igboho. The majority of the leadership of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice are not Nigerians.
“I am like the only Nigerian, and for judicial purposes, I have no knowledge of who Sunday Igboho is or what’s his challenge”, she added.
She further asserted that, “The court is only concerned with matters that have been brought before it, and if matters had not been brought before it, we would just be a meddlesome interloper, trying to fish out issues in the public domain, and we are not teleguided by mere newspaper presentations.
“We don’t read newspapers for the purpose of determining whether we should intervene or not,” Atoki stated.