BREAKING: Police reveal those behind burning of Sunday Igboho’s house

Following the attack on the house belonging to the Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital, was reportedly set on fire in the early hours of Tuesday; the Nigeria police has revealed those behind burning house.

Newsflash had earlier reported that one of the houses of Sunday Igboho in Ibadan had been raised by suspected arsonists.

Sources who confirmed the development to Newsflash said the event occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.

It was learnt that the incident occurred a few minutes after electricity was taken off at the area, but no casualty was recorded as of the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police Command has disclosed that unidentified hoodlums are responsible for the burning of Sunday Igboho’s house at SOKA area of Ibadan.

The Police noted that the hoodlums came to the house in the early hours of Tuesday in a Hummer bus and Micra firing sporadically, and later set the house ablaze.

A statement by the Police Public Relation Officer of the Command, Gbenga Fadeyi said that the mini sitting room of the house got burnt in the process while amount of other properties burnt is yet to be estimated.

He said the police had begun an investigation into the incident.

The house was said to have been burnt around 3 am on Tuesday after the power supply to the area was cut off.

The police statement reads: “At about 0620 hrs of today 26/01/2021, a report was received at the Santo Police Station that some unidentified hoodlums came to Sunday Igboho’s house at Soka area of Ibadan in a Hummer bus and Micra ( taxi) firing sporadically, and set the house ablaze.

“The mini sitting room got burnt in the process while the value of other properties is yet to be estimated.

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“Immediately the DPO Sanyo got wind of the incident, he contacted Fire service while he also went to the scene for on the spot assessment.

Fadeyi, however, said that the fire was eventually put out and investigation has commenced into the incident while the Police is on the trail of the hoodlums.

Recalled that, several houses belonging to the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, were allegedly set on fire by aggrieved youths in Igangan community of Ibarapa zone of Oyo State, on Friday night after the visit of Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) to enforce his seven-day quit notice to the Fulani herdsmen in the area.

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