The command’s spokesman, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed that the command also received a report on the incident.
Oyo Police says hoodlums torched Sunday Igboho’s house
“At about 0620 hrs of today 26/01/2021, report was received at Santo Police Station that some unidentified hoodlums came to Sunday Igboho’s house at SOKA area of Ibadan in a Hummer bus and Micra firing sporadically, and set the house ablaze,” the police said.
“The mini sitting room got burnt in the process while amount of other properties 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.
“The fire was eventually put out.
“Investigation has commenced into the incident while the Police is on the trail of the hoodlums.”
Speaking on Tuesday after the house went up in flames, Igboho said property worth N50 million has been lost to the inferno.
He said the arsonists broke the gate to the building to gain entrance before setting the house on fire.
He added that the two people living in the house fled for their lives.
Igboho also stressed that he was not a political thug available for hire.
Adeyemo (Igboho), popularly known as Sunday Igboho, recently gave a seven-day ultimatum to herders in the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State to leave the area.
He alleged that herders have been responsible for the killings and kidnappings of the residents of Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa.
However, Director of Operation Oyo State Fire Service Adeleke Ismail says investigations will be carried out to ascertain the cause of the fire incident.