Former presidential candidate exposes plot by security agencies to arrest Sunday Igboho

Obadiah Mailafia, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 election has raised alarm of an impending plot to arrest Sunday Adeyemi also known as Sunday Igboho.

Mailafia who is a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said in an interview on Channels TV that it is not in the best interest of the country for security agencies to arrest the human rights activist.

He argued that Igboho is fighting for his people and should be left alone.

Mailafia said: “Let me make this point clear. Under our constitution, under our laws and by the precepts of international laws, global ethics, natural justice and equity, the people who are about to die have a right to defend themselves, so they (security agencies) will be wise not to go after Igboho."