A building belonging to the Yoruba socio-cultural activists, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has been rep
A building belonging to the Yoruba socio-cultural activists, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has been reportedly razed by fire.
Igboho has been in the news recently for giving eviction notice to killer herdsmen in Oyo State. After the ultimatum the expired on Friday, January 22, Igboho and his followers had stormed the Fulani settlement in the ancient town to eject Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle.
Unconfirmed information linked the fire incident that happened to suspected arsonists.
The fire outbreak that reportedly occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, damaged parts of the property.
The house which is located in the Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital was taken over by the inferno, which eyewitnesses say started a few minutes after electricity was switched off in the whole area.
It was gathered that he was living the house, till he moved to a new house he built in the Ibadan metropolis.
Valuables worth millions of naira were said to have been destroyed by fire whose source could not be immediately ascertained.
The fire incident occurred few hours after the South-West governors’ meeting held in Akure, the Ondo State capital in respect of the quit notice given to uncaptured Fulani herdsmen in the Ondo State forest, a fall out of which is generating reactions across the country.
It was gathered that fire fighters from the Oyo State Fire Service arrived at the scene few hours after to douse the fire.
No statement has been obtained from Sunday Igboho on the incident.
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