{"id":36158,"date":"2020-10-20T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T10:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36158"},"modified":"2020-10-20T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T10:37:18","slug":"hoodlums-set-police-station-on-fire-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36158","title":{"rendered":"Hoodlums set police station on fire in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hoodlums-set-police-station-on-fire-in-Lagos-e1603188657447.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodlums set police station on fire in Lagos\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday set fire to a police station located at Orile, along the Lagos Badagry expressway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the fire raged, no policeman nor members of the fire fighting department were sighted anywhere close to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was gathered that the fire was started by some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/suspected-hoodlums-attack-destroy-rrs-vehicles-in-lagos-video\/\">hoodlums<\/a>\u00a0in the area, but their reason was still unknown as at the time of this report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidents of hoodlums storming police stations and in some case setting them ablaze have been reported recently, especially in the Edo State axis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, a medium security correctional centre in Benin, the Edo State capital was on Monday attacked by the hoodlums, who also reported set many inmates of the facility free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday set fire to a police station located at Orile, along the Lagos Badagry expressway. 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