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#EndSARS: Ikoyi Prison on fire, as Army foils jailbreak attempt

Omokolade Ajayi by Omokolade Ajayi
October 22, 2020
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#EndSARS: Ikoyi Prison on fire, as Army foils jailbreak attempt
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Some buildings on the premises of the Ikoyi Correctional Centre are currently on fire, as there was an alleged jailbreak attempt by inmates. The fire emanating from the facility and seen in a video posted by Arise TV led to speculations of a possible jailbreak.

📹: Scene at Ikoyi Prison in Lagos pic.twitter.com/FOgtr2OskZ

— ARISE NEWS (@ARISEtv) October 22, 2020

Senator Tokunbo Ogunbajo confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with Arise TV. He disclosed that the cause of the fire outbreak is still unknown as security operatives and other personnel at the facility have done their best to curtail the inferno and restore order. 

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He emphasized that soldiers and other security operatives have arrived at the correctional facility, and there is no record of any escaped inmate, neither was there an attack from hoodlums.

According to him, the gunshots heard by neighbors, were fired to bring order and stem down unrest amongst inmates, who might want to seize the situation to escape.  


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Omokolade Ajayi is a graduate of Economics, and a certificate holder of the CFA Institute’s Investment Foundation Program. He is a business analyst, and equity market researcher, with wealth of experience as a retail investor.

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  1. 9jaRealist says:
    October 22, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    Hoodlums are trying to take over Lagos and free their friend and colleagues from prison. That’s NOT we went out on the streets to protest for.

    #EndSARS

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