Oyo State Police Command, on Tuesday, revealed that the Ibadan residence of the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho, was burnt in the early hours of the day by some hoodlums.
The police position was based on the information they received.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement he issued, the hoodlums arrived the residence in a Hummer bus and Micra (taxi) car.
He said they shot sporadically and set the house ablaze.
The statement by the police spokesman 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.”
