Fire Engulfs Sunday Igboho's Old House In Soka, Ibadan

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The cause of the fire is still unknown.

Sunday Igboho’s house in Ibadan is on fire. And allegations are on the streets that the Fulanis are behind the act, as a repraisal attack.(unconfirmed)

Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho’s Old House is allegedly set on Fire by Fulani (Unconfirmed) at Soka… area in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Eye Witnesses said the house was set on fire some minutes after electricity was switched off around the whole area.

This medium learnt that he was living the house, till he moved to a new house he built still in Ibadan.
It will be recalled that, several houses belonging to the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, were allegedly set on fire by aggrieved youths in Igangan community of Ibarapa zone of Oyo State, on Friday night after the visit of Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) to enforce his seven-day quit notice to the Fulani herdsmen in the area.

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Yoruba activist Sunday Igboho’s house razed in Ibadan (photos)







One of the houses of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho has been burnt down by suspected arsonists.
 
The house was razed in the early hours of today, January 26. 
 
Igboho has been in the news for calling for the eviction of Fulani herdsmen in Yorubaland. He argues that the herdsmen have carried out so many nefarious activities in Yorubaland and need to leave if they fail to desist.
 
See more photos of the burnt house below
 


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''Unidentified hoodlums in a Hummer bus set Sunday Igboho's house ablaze''- Oyo state police command says







The Oyo state police command has confirmed that one of the houses of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, was attacked in the early hours of today, January 26.
 
A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, says hoodlums who rode in a hummer bus and a Micra stormed the apartment, fired sporadic gunshots before setting the house ablaze. The statement adds that the incident is now being investigated.
 

'' 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 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 assessement. The fire was eventually put out.

Investigation has commenced into the incident while the Police is on the trail of the hoodlums.''the statement reads

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Sunday Igboho: I Can’t Blame Fulani For Burning Down My House 

Sunday Igboho has told Peoples Gazette that he was not in a hurry to blame any individual or group for the arson that razed down his property in Ibadan on Tuesday morning.

Sunday Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo, said he would allow authorities to conduct investigation into the incident, praising God that there were no injuries or fatalities.

“I cannot blame anyone right now for the attack, not even Fulani people,” he said by telephone hours after the attack. “We have to thank God that nobody was killed, it is more important.”

A property owned by Sunday Igboho was set ablaze on Tuesday morning in Soka neighbourhood of Ibadan.

He told the Gazette he moved out of the property about a year ago to a new property also in Soka.

He has been at the centre of a controversial directive for Fulani herdsmen to vacate vast lands in Oyo State. His action was condemned by President Muhammadu Buhari, who ordered police to use lethal force against him and his followers if necessary.

It was not immediately clear those responsible for the attack, which could potentially escalate ongoing tension around Fulani herders in southern Nigeria.

A police spokesman in Oyo said he was not aware of the fire.

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The worth of what was destroyed at my house cannot be less than N50 million" - Sunday Igboho speaks on his razed house







Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has put the value of items he lost after his house was burnt by suspected arsonists at N50 million. 
 
The Ibadan home of the activist was razed by unknown persons at about 3am today.
 
Speaking to newsmen, Igboho said 

'' “The worth of what was destroyed at my house cannot be less than N50 million.”

 
Recounting how he learnt about the attack on his property, Igboho said

“Around 3.30am 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.”

 
He state that some Yorubas are in support of the Fulanis who he is fighting on their behalf.
 

“What I find surprising is that some Yorubas are in support of the herdsmen to set my house on fire. I’m saddened by it,” he said.

 
When asked whom he suspected to be behind the attack, he said
 

“For now, I do not suspect anyone. When they knew they could fight, fire gunshots, and set a house ablaze, isn’t it where I stay that they are supposed to come?

If they had come to the house where I stay, I would have had evidence for you people (journalists) because they won’t all escape. It’s either you meet their dead bodies or meet them with broken legs.


I thank God that they applied wisdom by going to a house where they know that I don’t live and destroyed my properties and burnt it down.”