[Video] Ikoyi Prison On Fire, Army, Police To The Rescue

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The Correctional Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos State is currently on fire.

But operatives of the Nigerian Army and Police have reportedly moved in to foil any planned attack on the facility.

There was also report of sporadic gunfire as the hoodlums are pushing to attack the prisons.

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Though it is not clear what may have caused the fire, angry youths in the state have been setting popular places ablaze since Wednesday morning.

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'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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