TENSION AS SUNDAY IGBOHO’S HOUSE SET ON FIRE BY ‘UNKNOWN MEN’

Sunday Igboho’s house in Ibadan has reportedly been gutted by fire

• Reports indicate that the fire incident started around 3am on Tuesday, January 26, while the cause is still yet unknown
• The incident happened amid the brewing tension generated by Ighoho’s quit notice to herdsmen in Igangan, Oyo state

A house belonging to Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly burnt down by “unknown men”, according to BBC Pidgin.

The report stated that the house is located in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo state, the Oyo state capital, adding that it is still unclear who burnt the house and why it was burnt.

RPTVblogs gathers that the incident happened around 3am on Tuesday, January 26. It was also gathered that the burnt house is not the one Igboho currently lives in.

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In its version of the report, The Punch stated that the source of the fire was yet unknown but firefighters from the Oyo State Fire Service had arrived the scene to douse the fire.

The fire incident comes amid Igboho’s quit notice to herdsmen in Igangan, Igbarapa North local government area of Oyo state, after accusing them of being behind the kidnapping and other criminal activities in the area.

The move eventually led to violence in Igangan as the house of Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, was burnt down.

Igboho’s quit notice and directive issued by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to herdsmen in Ondo state about the same time further generated tension, forcing southwest governors to meet with the herders association, Miyetti Allah on Monday, January 25.