Lagos prison break

The Lagos Prison Break occurred on October 10, 2014, when five persons (Ayodeji Bello, 32, Saibu Abdul Razak, 21, Adebayo Dada, 24, Desmond Issac 35 and Peter Kingsley, 29) escaped from the Kirikiri Medium Prison.^[1]

Lagos prison break
Location	Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria
Date	10 October 2014
Target	Kirirkiri Medium Prison
Attack type	Prison escape
Deaths	2
Injured	32
Perpetrators	Convicted inmates
No. of participants	Unknown
Defenders	5 prisoners escaped

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on 10 October 2014 at around 4 pm.^[2] The prison break was unsuccessful as a result of a collaborative effort of the Kirikiri divisional police officers and the officers of the Nigerian Prisons Services on duty, who prevented the prison break.^[3][4] The incident was linked with a minor riot that occurred within the prison, a riot whose causes were unclear.^[5][6]

See also

• Nigeria portal

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