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A Nigerian Yoruba separatist campaigner, Sunday "Igboho" Adeyemo, is being questioned by officials in Benin.
He is expected to appear in court at some point where his international arrest warrant will be examined before a decision could be made on his extradition.
Mr Adeyemo was arrested on Monday along with his wife in Cotonou by the air and border police.
The Nigerian authorities are allegedly demanding his extradition.
Reports say Mr Adeyemo's wife, who is believed to be a German citizen, has appealed to the German embassy in Nigeria for help. But the embassy has yet to respond to the BBC on the nature of support it plans to offer.
Nigeria's secret police raided Mr Adeyemo's home on 1 July killing two of his aides. Thirteen other followers were arrested.
The Nigerian government declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms after he called for anti-government protests.
The lawyer of a Nigerian separatist leader has confirmed reports that his client, Sunday "Igboho" Adeyemo, has been detained by the authorities in neighbouring Benin as he prepared to board a flight to Germany.
Mr Adeyemo, who campaigns for an ethnic Yoruba state in south-west Nigeria, is wanted by the Nigerian police for allegedly stockpiling arms.
His house in Nigeria was raided by the police three weeks ago.
The arrest has not been confirmed by the Nigerian authorities.
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The UK has asked Nigeria to explain where and how a Nigerian separatist leader, who holds British citizenship, was arrested.
Nnamdi Kanu - the leader of the group Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) - was on the run outside Nigeria for four years until he was brought to court in the capital Abuja last month to face several charges including treason.
His lawyer says he was detained and mistreated in Kenya before being extradited.
A junior minister in Britain's Foreign Office, Tariq Ahmad, said the UK government was seeking clarification from the Nigerian government about the circumstances of Mr Kanu's arrest and detention.
Meanwhile, colleagues of a Yoruba separatist leader - known as Sunday Igboho - say he has been arrested in neighbouring Benin.
Nigeria’s Yoruba separatist leader Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in neighbouring Benin, weeks after he was declared wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms.
Mr Igboho was arrested by security forces at an airport in Benin's capital, Cotonou, on Monday night.
Sources told Nigerian media that he was heading for Germany and would now be repatriated on Tuesday.
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) had earlier said it was pursuing Mr Igboho after fleeing a raid on his residence in south-western Oyo state.
Nigeria's security forces are yet to comment on the arrest.
The DSS on 1 July raided Mr Igboho’s residence, two days after the activist called for anti-government protests. The agency said it recovered a cache of arms from Mr Igboho’s house in the raid.
Mr Igboho has been actively campaigning for the formation of an independent state of Yoruba in south-western Nigeria.
The separatist leader has been accused of inciting violence against Fulani herders in southern states, an allegation he denies.
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