How Orile-Iganmu Police station was set ablaze

Orile Police station Photo: Onyewuchi Ojinnaka

By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka

The #EndSARS protest nationwide has moved its train to Orile-Iganmu Lagos where thousands of youths comprising males and females converged early Tuesday morning.

The protesters blocked Orile-Iganmu bustop by Orile-Iganmu Police Station, chanting the slogan against police brutality, mass salary and hostility on the Nigerian people by security forces of Nigeria.

As the protest was gathering momentum, some overzealous police officers, who started shooting in the air which angered the protesters, thus triggering the setting of the police building on fire.

However, frantic efforts were made by the youths to rescue the people detained in police cell.

As at the time of filing this report, no police officer was seen as they have all removed their uniform and fled.

Due to the verocity of the flame and the thickness of the smoke from the large police building, TheNiche is yet to ascertain if any police officer is trapped in the inferno.

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