Drug barons shot NDLEA men in Abuja, 3 officers hospitalised

Drug barons shot NDLEA men in Abuja, 3 officers hospitalised

Drug barons on Thursday night, engaged officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a gunfight during a raid in the Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Three NDLEA personnel sustained gunshot injuries and are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital

Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Friday.

“The incident occurred when a team of NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence and surveillance report raided an uncompleted building at NNPC area of Jahi where 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48grams of tramadol 225mg and 4.9kgs of skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as five android phones were recovered.

“As the NDLEA team made their way out of the location, they came under gun attack,” Babafemi said

He said that three of the NDLEA personnel involved in the raid sustained gunshot injuries: one in the rib and two others on their back and leg.

He said that the wounded officers were initially stabilized at the Police Clinic in Garki Area 1 before they were transferred to the National Hospital Abuja for further medical attention.

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the staff of the Police Clinic for their prompt support.

He also thanked the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital who was personally reached by him for overseeing the treatment of the wounded officers.

The NDLEA boss who is in Kano for on official engagements also spoke on phone with the injured officers to wish them quick recovery.

He assured them that the agency will deploy every means at its disposal and work in collaboration with other security agencies to fish out those responsible for the attack on them.

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