Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare, Author at Tribune Online

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Thursday, denied allegations that a warrant of arrest has been issued against him by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over an alleged breach of contract. Igboho, in a statement by his lawyer, Akinlolu Oyebamiji, a principal partner at AOC Solicitors & Attorneys, which was dated October 23, 2024, described a publication by a media platform as false, adding that it was intended to damage his reputation, emphasising that there was no iota of truth in the publication. He said it came as a shock to him to hear that an ex parte order was obtained at the instance of one Captain Ola Alufa to extradite and arrest him over a contractual relationship he was never a party to, noting that the publication was only used to malign his and defame his character. He added that it has caused serious injury to his standing, credit, and reputation before his colleagues, business associates, neighbours, friends, and well-wishers, adding that "it is disheartening to see a person digging spikes into the eyes of his benevolence. "Pathetically, members of the Nigerian Police Force are dancing to the tune of Mr Captain Ola Alufa and exercising their power ultra vires to favour the said Mr Captain Ola Alupa. This makes it imperative to set the record straight and stop misleading the public over the issue between Captain Ola Alufa and Mr Kunnu Olusegun Francis as well as our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), upon which MR. Captain Ola Alufa started tainting and discrediting the reputation of our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho)," he said. The statement added that there was a contract for the supply of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to Cotonou, Benin Republic between Alufa and some other people in Cotonou and there were issues over the supply of defective and substandard Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Captain Alufa contacted one Kunnu Olusegun Francis, who based in Cotonou to come to his aid. It added that during the cause of discussion between Captain Alufa and Kunnu Francis, the Police allegedly arrested them together with their workers, but with the intervention of Sunday Igboho), Alufa and Francis and their workers were granted administrative bail by the Police in Cotonou, Benin Republic, while the matter is still pending there till date. The statement further added, "Later, Captain Ola Alufa called our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), who was then in Germany, that there was an issue between him and Kunnu Olusegun Francis, which he wanted our client, Sunday Adeyemo, to intervene before it escalated. "According to our client, Captain Ola Alufa, proposed the sales of the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to Mr Kunnu Olusegun Francis, and being a businessman who also deals in buying and selling of the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to get his case settled in Cotonou. The proposal, which Mr. Kunnu Olusegun Francis accepted, our client Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), was never a party to the agreement between the duo. "Having paid part of the consideration to the tune of Three Hundred and Fifty-Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N352,500,000.00) (i.e. $255,960) to access the Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) leaving a balance of $105,000.00, the parties then discovered that the level of water in the said Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), is much higher than expected; hence, the issue of restructure of the consideration part of the agreement arose. "This serves as the cause of their disagreement upon which Mr Captain Ola Alufa sought our client's, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho) intervention. Our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), then appealed to the duo to shift ground for each other in the interest of peace and nothing more. "There is no record and/or evidence to show that there was a transaction, i.e., contractual or suretiship, between our client, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), and Captain Alufa or anybody whatsoever. "It would equally interest the general public to note that a petition has been forwarded to the Office of the Inspector General of Police by the office of AOC Solicitors & Attorneys on behalf of Sunday Adeyemo for criminal defamation of character, and also a fundamental action has been instituted against him, which made them result to media trial," he added. ALSO READ THESE TOP STORIES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE Yusuf Abdullahi Ata: Former classroom teacher, lawmaker becomes Tinubu’s minister-designate Cabinet shake-up: Why Tinubu didn’t sack Matawalle — Onanuga Reps: Bill seeking creation of Ibadan state, one other from ‘old Oyo’ passes second reading LG autonomy: No moratorium for govs on implementation of Supreme Court judgement — FG Dangote Refinery asks Court to void import licenses of NNPCL, Matrix, four others No vacuum in governance with Tinubu, Shettima outside Nigeria — Presidency