Tension in Oyo as fire razes Sunday Igboho’s house

One of the houses of popular Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho in Sako, Ibadan was on Tuesday morning razed by fire.

DailyTimes gathered that the fires which started at 3am left part of the building destroyed.

The sources of the fire is unknown, however firefighters from the Oyo State Fire Service arrived at the scene a few hours after to douse the fire.

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At the time of filing this report, no statement has been obtained from Sunday Igboho on the incident.

The fire incident happened barely few days after Igboho asked herdsmen in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days.

At the expiration of the ultimatum last week, Sunday Igboho and his supporters stormed the Fulani settlement in the ancient town to eject the Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir.

They also chased out herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle.

Some houses and property in the settlement of the Fulanis were set ablaze but Igboho denied responsibility, saying residents of the town were responsible for the destruction.