Two killed as NDLEA operatives raid Lagos community
By Emma Ogbuehi
Two persons have been allegedly been killed by agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Idi-Oro Area of Mushin in Lagos State. This comes on the heels of a recent incident in Delta state in which stray bullets from the NDLEA operatives on a raiding mission, hit a young boy, who later died.
According to Channels Television reports, the officers of the agency, in a commando style stormed Idi Oro area on Wednesday night with intention to raid the drug den in the community.
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The report added that the operation, which lasted hours, left the officers shooting sporadically in a bid to achieve their objective of nipping their target.
The NDLEA officers later left the community with bags of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa also known as Indian hemp.
The report said while the NDLEA officers were challenged by some boys in the area, stray bullets from the operatives of the anti-narcotics agency hit at least two persons in the community while some were said to be injured.
Channels quotes a source within the agency as confirming that over 250 wraps of substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa, three suspects and a vehicle suspected to be of a drug kingpin were intercepted at the scene.
NDLEA was recently embroiled in a shooting incident involving its officers during a raid of a drug joint at Okpanam area of Asaba, Delta state, in which, a young person who was hit by a stray bullet eventually died while undergoing treatment in a hospital.
Reacting to the development, the Agency in a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, on Saturday July 15, said the Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) had after receiving initial briefings from the Delta state command of NDLEA, set up a panel of top officials from the national headquarters in Abuja to immediately proceed to Asaba for an on the spot investigation of the unfortunate incident with a view to establishing the actual facts of the case.
Reactions have been trailing the incident, with Nigerians insisting on thorough investigation and making the outcome of the probe, public.