Update: Ikoyi Prison On Fire 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/pGv5dcILlH
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In an attempt to foil a prison break, police officers and soldiers have been deployed to the Ikoyi prison in Lagos.
A video posted on Twitter shows that a part of the prison is on fire while inmates are running.
The prison authorities had called for help by notifying the military and the police.
Recall that following the Lekki shootings, angry youths had attacked private and government-owned property, destroying buses and generally vandalising.
Some prisons across the country have also been broken into, releasing some inmates.
Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, said the cause of the fire could not yet be ascertained but policemen had been deployed in the prisons.
“We don’t know the cause of the fire but we are there on the ground. We have mobilised to the place. We will give details later,” he said.
At present, gunshots can be heard from the prison grounds.
