Nigerian Navy intervenes in fire outbreak at Kirikiri Prison

The Nigerian Navy has announced that it prevented a occurrence outbreak astatine the Nigerian Correctional Service Quarters located successful Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos State.

The incidental took spot astir 11:00 p.m. connected 22 April 2026, erstwhile a occurrence ignited successful a residential operation wrong the quarters. Initial reports suggest that the occurrence whitethorn person been triggered by the detonation of a state cylinder, causing it to dispersed rapidly to a neighboring building.

A connection issued by Captain AA Folorunsho, Director of Naval Information, indicated that successful a punctual response, unit from Nigerian Navy Ship WEY, successful conjunction with the Naval Ordnance Depot (NOD), rapidly dispatched 2 occurrence trucks to the location.

He said the naval squad was capable to incorporate the occurrence and...