One of the houses of Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been gutted by fire.
Sources close to the activist explained that his Ibadan home located at Soka area started burning around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
Igboho who spoke with journalists said the arsonists fired gunshots before breaking in.
He said, “Around 3.30 am today, my younger ones residing at my old house rushed to my gate to wake me up, saying some bandits came to the house, fired gunshots, broke the gate, and set the house ablaze. The two people at the house managed to escape. By the time I got there, the bandits had escaped. So, we called firefighters to help us put out the fire.”
Mr Adeyemo no longer lives in the house affected by the fire.
The fire incident occurs days after Mr Igboho led his followers and aggrieved residents to Igangan in Ibarapa area of Oyo State to eject the Fulani leader of Igangan, Salihu Abdukadir.
He accused the Fulani leader of harbouring criminal herders who were kidnapping and killing residents of the community.
Mr Abdullahi rejected the allegations, saying members of his community have also been victims of the criminality perpetrated by kidnappers and other outlaws.
As of the time of this report. we can not confirm the cause of the fire that gutted Mr Igboho’s house.
