Video: Inmates Burn Prison After Jailers Fail To Release Pardoned Prisoners

A prison in Sapele, Delta State was set on fire yesterday by prison inmates. Reports say they were protesting the failure by the Sapele Correctional Service to release most of the prisoners recently pardoned by the state government. Watch. Video loading…

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Inmates set prison on fire in Delta . . Inmates from the Sapele Correctional Service on Monday set the facility on fire partly because 25 inmates were granted amnesty by the state government, but only three persons have been released. . . They also protested the alleged lack of food and water. Security operatives and firefighters were immediately mobilized to the scene to ensure that none of them escaped.

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