Details Of How Gunmen Stormed Sunday Igboho’s house, Set It On Fire And

Details Of How Gunmen Stormed Sunday Igboho’s house, shots and set the house on fire have emerged.

OnyxNews Nigeria reported earlier that the house of Sunday Adeyemi ‘Igboho’ was razed in the early hours of Tuesday.

In a report by Channels TV, the Oyo State Police Command who confirmed the incident said it received a distress call about the fire around 6 am.

The distress report said some unidentified thugs had attacked Igboho’s house in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

Investigation are on to get to more details of the matter, police spokesman Gbenga Fadeyi said.

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“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 statement 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,” the police spokesman added.

Mr. Igboho, an Oyo indigene, has been a popular figure in the recent tensions between herders and the local community in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State.

He had reportedly issued an eviction notice to the herders over allegations of kidnappings, killings, rape, and other violent activities.

The ultimatum expired last week and Igboho held a massive rally in the community after which some houses and properties in the herder’s settlements were torched, according to the police.

On Monday, South-West leaders met with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to “find lasting solutions to the incessant killings, kidnapping, and crises between herdsmen and farmers in the Southwest geo-political zone of the country.”

After the meeting, all parties agreed to restrict night grazing and under-age herding.

The illegal occupation of State Forest Reserves was also condemned at the meeting.

How Igboho Reacts

Speaking on Tuesday after the house was burnt, 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 ablaze.

He added that the two people living in the house fled for their lives in the trouble.

Igboho also said that he was not a political thug available for hire.

Below are more photos from the damaged properties: