Lagos prison break

Lagos prison break
Part of Prison escape
Location	Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria
Date	10 October 2014
Target	Kirirkiri Medium Prison
Attack type	Prison break
Deaths	1
Non-fatal injuries	6
Perpetrators	Convicted inmates
Number of participants	Unknown
Defenders	0

The Lagos prison break was an attack on the Kirikiri Medium Prison at Apapa in Lagos State, a southwestern Nigeria by some convicted inmates of the prison.^[1] The attack was an attempt to break the prison but was unsuccessful.^[2] It was reported that one inmate was dead and 6 was injured as a result of the attack^[3]

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on 10 October 2014 at around 4 pm.^[4] The prison break was unsuccessful as a result of a collaborative effort of the Nigerian Navy and the Kirikiri divisional police officers in conjunction with the officers of the Nigerian Prisons Services on duty, who prevented the prison break.^[5][6] The incident was linked with a minor riot that occurred within the prison, a riot whose causes was unclear.^[7][8]

See also

• Kogi prison break
• Ondo prison break
• Ogun prison break
• Nigeria prison break

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