LAGOS – Nigeria's protests against police brutality turned violent Monday when a crowd stormed a prison and freed some 200 inmates in Benin in southern Nigeria.
Some prisoners jumped from a high fence of the institution while others were seen running away on the street, according to videos from the scene.
Nigerian officials have not announced if there were casualties from the prison break.Protesters also attacked police stations and police trucks in other parts of the country.
For more than two weeks Nigeria has been rocked by demonstrations by many young people protesting alleged police brutality.