OYO: How hoodlums set Igboho’s house ablaze – Police

THE Police Command has said it is on the trail of hoodlums who set ablaze the house of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Igboho.

Narrating how the incident happened, the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Olugbenga Fadeyi, noted that the hoodlums were conveyed to Igboho’s house in a bus and taxi.

Fadeyi said this in a statement issued on Tuesday, adding that the command’s statement is based on a report it received on the incident.

The police statement read, “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 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.”

Naija Times gathered that the hoodlums there was momentary blackout minuted before the house was set afire.