The source further disclosed that the gunmen also collected one riffle from the officers and set the NDLEA patrol Van ablaze
By Eugene Onyeji
Gunmen have attacked a team of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives on duty along the Ezzamgbo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, killing one of the officers and seriously injuring another operative.
It was gathered that the attack was carried out at a place not too far away from a Military checkpoint along the expressway.
A credible source, who was on ground at the time of the incident, said it happened at about 3am on Sunday, adding that the gunmen after carrying out the attack escaped.
The source further disclosed that the gunmen also collected one riffle from the officers and set the NDLEA patrol Van ablaze.
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According to the source, “On 20th February 2022, Sunday morning at about 300hrs at a drug checkpoint along Enugu Abakaliki expressway at Ezzangbo, unknown gunmen attacked drug law enforcement agents and shot two drug officers on duty.
“One officer killed while the other one was shot in the leg which fractured his leg. One rifle collected, one patrol Hilux Van burnt. The names of the victims not yet disclosed,”
The NDLEA spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Audu Benji, said he was in a meeting and would get back to our reporter on the incident after the meeting.
The attack is coming barely six days after three policemen were shot dead by unknown gunmen at Ezillo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State.
It would also be recalled that the three policemen were gunned down in front of the Ezillo police station having mounted a roadblock along the expressway.
The policemen were at roadblock for the routine stop and search operation when the gunmen stormed the place and opened fire on them, killing three of the men.