There was pandemonium on Sunday, when hoodlums laid siege at the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square over shooting of one of their members by a prison warder from Kirikiri prison.
The hoodlums caused panic, which made all the judges to end proceedings abruptly and immediately left the court, while their registrars and litigants also took to their heels.
The hoodlums demobilized two Black Maria vehicles that brought the Ikoyi inmates to court thereby preventing them from leaving the court.
According to an eye witness, the victim was shot was allegedly trying to interact with some of the inmates in the Black Maria and was warned severally but refused to desist.
Another eye witness who pleaded anonymity said that the warder shot the victim while he was struggling to disarm him.
It was also gathered that after the victim was shot on the leg, information got to the hoodlums, who swiftly came to barricade the entrance of the court and deflated the tyres of the Black Maria.
A woman who also witnessed the incident stated that the victim who was shot had mental issues, adding that a senior prison warder, tried to prevent the warder that shot the victim.
It was also learnt that Kirikiri prison warders and the inmates immediately left after the incident and the victim was rushed to the hospital but the hoodlums who laid siege have insisted that the Ikoyi inmates won’t leave the court.
However, policemen from Kamsalem, were drafted to the court to appease the hoodlums.
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