Following Monday’s visit of the Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho to Yewa North of Ogun State, the youths of the community have allegedly set Fulani settlement in Igua area on fire.
Igboho had visited the community to rescue the Yorubas from killer herdsmen terrorising the area.
The house of the Sarkin Fulani of Igua, Alhaji Adamu Oloru, was allegedly set ablaze by youths who were in the community with Sunday Igboho. Also torched are houses belonging to Fulanis as well as a cattle market.
Igboho said he was in the community to chase away herdsmen from their hideouts in the bush at the instance of the state government.
Though the Ogun State Government had earlier said it did not ask Igboho to help resolve the security challenges facing the people of the state.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had led a team of policemen to Igua for an on-the-spot assessment.
He said the Police Commissioner had a peace talk with the Fulanis and the host, saying they have all agreed to work together to fish out the criminal elements among them for peace to reign.
