Hoodlums loaded in a bus and taxi set ablaze the house of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Igboho, Oyo State Police Command has said.
Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
Igboho has been at the centre of a quit order given to Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State, who were given a deadline to leave Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Igboho accused the Fulanis of being responsible for the series of kidnapping, armed robbery, and other criminal activities going on in the area.
The PPRO added the police were told that the arsonists shot in the air several times as they put fire to the house located at the Soka area of Ibadan.
He said the police had begun an investigation into the incident.
Arsonists were said to have set the house on fire around 3 am on Tuesday after the power supply to the area was cut off.
“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 Police statement said.
“The mini sitting room got burnt in the process while the value 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. An investigation has commenced into the incident while the Police are on the trail of the hoodlums.”
