The leader of Sunday Igboho’s legal team in Benin Republic, Ibrahim Salami, said the Yoruba freedom fighter damaged his ribs when the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) raided his house on July 1.
FirstNews had reported that 13 of his associates were arrested during the raid which was carried out on his house in Ibadan in the midnight while two people were killed.
While speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Salami said, “I urge his family and supporters to be patient and prayerful. They should support him with prayers. When they attacked his house in Nigeria, he jumped from the top of a building. His ribs were hurt. He was severely injured.
“In fact, he could not stand before the judge. He sat to address the judge. He needs freedom for medical attention. Those of us that are his lawyers are making a stringent effort.”
He added that the activist needs to be freed from the detention in order to treat himself.