JUST IN: How hoodlums destroyed Igboho’s house ~ Police

Rampaging hoodlums loaded in a bus and taxi burnt down the home of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, the Oyo State Police Command, has revealed.

Oyo Police spokesman, Olugbenga Fadeyi, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday.

Fadeyi also said the police were told that the hoodlums shot in the air sporadically as they set fire to the house located at the Soka area of Ibadan.

He said the police had started 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 reads: “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 a 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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