Sunday Igboho’s house in Ibadan was razed in the early hours of Tuesday.
However, no life was lost in the fire, which reportedly started around 3 am.
Confirming the incident ,the Oyo State Police Command said unidentified hoodlums were responsible for the arson.
The Police Command said it received a distress call about the fire around 6am.
“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 police said.
“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 assessment.
“The fire was eventually put out.
“Investigation has commenced into the incident while the Police is on the trail of the hoodlums.”
