BEVERLY HILLS, December 03, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has confirmed an electrocution incident in Ikoyi Medium Security Prison in Lagos.
The minister also commiserates with the victims of the incidence and ordered immediate medical attention for those affected while calling for investigations.
“The attention of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been drawn to an electrocution incidence at the Ikoyi Medium Security Prison in Lagos,” the press officer to the minister of interior Jane Osuji said in a statement on Monday.
“The Minister has directed a quick investigation into the root cause and the ministry will in the next few hours share a comprehensive update on the incidence.”
THEWILL recalls that an electric power accident was been reported at the Ikoyi Prison, a major correctional facility in Lagos.
Several inmates were said to have been killed or injured when electric cables at the prison went up in flames late Monday morning.
Francis Enobore, chief spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, confirmed the accident to but said details were still being gathered before appropriate information about the accident could be passed to the public.
Ikoyi Prison is one of Nigeria’s oldest and largest correctional facilities, holding thousands of inmates.
