Freedom park is a new heaven in Lagos

By Hyacinth Chukwu

Freedom Park, Lagos
The new Freedom Park is located on the site of the colonial prison where prominent Nigerians had their jail terms during the colonial era. The park, which is now a peaceful place for individual and collective contemplation and interaction is open to public daily.

Located in Lagos Island, Lagos, the park is a brainchild of a Lagos-born architect and visionary, Theo Lawson, who had a vision to transform the colonial prison to a symbol of freedom.

This prison was used by the British colonial masters to torture, imprison and hang in the gallows those that opposed colonial rule of Nigeria including Herbert Macaulay, Chief Cbafemi Awolowo, Chief Michael Imodu, Sir Adeyemo Alakija and others.

Freedom Park is a memorial leisure park dedicated to the preserving the Lagos colonial heritage and history of the Old Board Street prison. Today, freedom park provides venues for events and recreational entertainment.

Features
Photo Gallery
The park provides venues and the grounds for events and recreational entertainment, with relevant facilities like :
Open Air Stage
Amphi-theatre
Pergola Cell (internet booths)
Skeletal Cells
Food Court
Ponds and Fountains
Historical Statues
Museum Complex
Historical displays
Souvenir shops
Resource centre
Court yard
Cells Units
Wole Soyinka Art Gallery