Ikeja Cantonment is a large Nigerian Armed Forces installation in the northern part of Lagos.
[1] During the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup of July 28-29, 1966, Lt. Col. M. O. Nzefili said there was a reported massacre at the camp.
In January 2001, the camp was being used to store a large quantity of "high calibre bombs", as well as other sundry explosives.
[3] On the afternoon of 27 January, a fire broke out in a street market being held next to the base, which was also home to the families of soldiers.
[1] At around 18:00 the fire apparently spread to the base's main munitions store, causing the 2002 Lagos armoury explosion.