Barely a week after spearheading a campaign for the eviction of Fulani herdsmen from Oyo State culminating in the destruction of the residence and properties of the Seriki Fulani in the state, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, the residence of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Ighoho, in the Soka area of Ibadan, was gutted by fire.
Reports said operatives of the state fire service arrived the scene and extinguished the inferno hours after it occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.
It was learnt that the source of the fire which reportedly consumed properties worth millions of naira, had yet to be ascertained. Ismail Adeleke, Director of Operations at the Oyo State Fire Service said no life was lost in the incident.
Specifically, he said the waiting room and corridor of the building were affected by the fire, damaging air conditioners, chairs and a plasma television set, among other items.
An investigation, according to Adeleke, had begun to ascertain the cause of the fire incident, which has also been officially confirmed by the spokesperson for Oyo State police command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).
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