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

'Dotun Akintomide
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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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