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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in Benin Republic some days ago over the Sunday Igboho debacle, The Cable reports.<\/p>\n

He had travelled to Zanzibar in Tanzania on August 1 and rerouted to the Francophone nation.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo was said to have met with Benin\u2019s President Patrice Talon after his condolence visit to Nicephore Soglo on his wife\u2019s demise. Roseline was 87 years old.<\/p>\n

Soglo was Beninise President from 1991 to 1996 and was one of the African leaders who intervened when the late General Sani Abacha jailed Obasanjo in 1995.<\/p>\n

Confusion, uncertainty over Sunday Igboho\u2019s detention in Benin, extradition to Nigeria<\/p>\n

Igboho is in trouble in Nigeria and the Benin Republic. While the latter is probing the passport he carried, Nigerian authorities accuse him of planning to stage a war against the state.<\/p>\n

The July 1 Department of State Services (DSS) operation at his Soka residence, Ibadan, in Oyo State unearthed assault rifles and ammunition. Two of his allies were killed while others face trial.<\/p>\n

On several occasions, Igboho boasted that he has the capacity to acquire weapons and face security agencies.<\/p>\n

Ten days after he was declared wanted in Nigeria, Igboho and his wife Ropo, were apprehended at the Cadj\u00e8houn Airport in Cotonou.<\/p>\n

On July 21, DAILY POST reported that the Federal Government had commenced the process to extradite Igboho from Benin Republic.<\/p>\n

Nigeria will barely face stiff resistance from the Beninise government.<\/p>\n

Apart from decades of close bond, Africa\u2019s most populous nation plays a \u201cbig brother\u201d role to its neighbour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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