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Sunday Igboho’s Ibadan house reportedly set on fire (photos and video)
A house belonging to activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho located in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State was in the early hours of Tuesday burnt by fire.
It was gathered that the fire started soon after power supply to the area where the house is located was cut off, and the cause of the fire is still unknown.
The house is said to be where the activist resided before building another one in the same Ibadan area.
It is still unclear if there were anybody inside the building as at the time of the fire incident, or if there were any casualties.
Igboho had been in the news lately for leading some youths to the Fulani settlement in Ibarapa, Oyo State where they attacked the Seriki Fulani’s house, and setting.it on fire.
Read also: IGP orders Sunday Igboho’s arrest over herdsmen quit notice, violence
Some cars in the premises were also set ablaze.
Igboho had issued a quit notice to Fulanis in the state, and south west region of the country to vacate, after they were accused of complicity in kidnappings, killings and other crimes in the area.
There had been clashes between Herdsmen and farmers in the area, as farmers on many occasions accused the herders’ of destroying their farms by letting cows graze on them.
Following the quit notice issued by Igboho, and the attack on Fulani settlement in Ibarapa, both the governor of the state, Seyi Makinde, and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu had ordered for his arrest.
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