The Oyo State Police Command has said it received a report
that hoodlums loaded in a bus and taxi came to set ablaze the house of Chief
Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr
Olugbenga Fadeyi, said this in a statement on Tuesday.
Fadeyi also said 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.
The house was said to have been burnt around 3 am on Tuesday
after the power supply to the area was cut off.
The police statement read, “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 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.”
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