By: Admin
Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho has accused ‘suspected arsonists’ of being responsible for the fire incident at his house in Soka, Ibadan.
It was reported that a property owned by of Sunday Igboho was set ablaze early Tuesday morning.
The building was his Soka residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and no casualty has been reported as at press time.
Igboho became popular after his ultimatum to the Fulani in Oyo.
He accused the Northerners of masterminding abductions and killings in the state.
After the expiration of the deadline, the house and cars of the Seriki Fulani in Igangan were torched.
Igboho denied having a hand in the attack. Today’s inferno at his residence is believed to be a reprisal.
But in a tweet confirming the fire incident, the activist only blamed those he described as suspected arsonist, saying, “My house at Soka Ibadan razed down by suspected arsonists.”
Similarly, 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 a Hummer bus and started shooting 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.
“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.
