Nigeria's president urges demonstrators to stop their rallies, omitting any mention of the shooting deaths of a dozen protesters by security forces.
Authorities say the rapid spread of misleading information has taken lives. But some fear the proposed cure would mostly be a pretext to stifle dissent.
Plumes of smoke rose from a prison where gunfire could be heard Thursday. Tunde Oguntola, a resident of the neighborhood where the Ikoyi Correctional Center is located, said he heard gunshots as soldiers and police officers put down what appeared to be an attempted jailbreak. Police spokesman Olamuyiwa Adejobi told the Associated Press later Thursday that an incident inside the prison “has been put under control as our men have moved in there to assist prison security.” He did not describe the nature of the disturbance or say if anyone had been killed.Scores of rioters broke into a warehouse and stole food. Gunfire was heard in several parts of Lagos.
In other parts of Lagos, a sprawling city of 14 million people, streets were empty and shops were shuttered, as residents largely obeyed a government curfew meant to curb the chaos. Protesters active on social media disavowed the violence, saying that their demonstrations had been hijacked by criminals.
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