Three National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officers were hospitalized on Thursday night after being shot during a raid on an uncompleted building in Jahi’s NNPC area, Abuja.
The raid, conducted based on intelligence and surveillance reports, led to the recovery of 74 bottles of codeine, 10 liters of codeine syrup, 48 grams of tramadol 225mg, 4.9 kilograms of skunk (a strain of cannabis), and five Android phones.
NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said in a statement given to Persecondnews on Friday that the team came under gun attack as they made their way out of the location.
The statement reads: “Three of the NDLEA personnel involved in the raid sustained gunshot injuries: one in the rib and two others on their back and leg. 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, retired Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa expressed appreciation to the staff of the Police Clinic for their prompt support and 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 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 logistics at its disposal and work in collaboration with other security agencies to fish out those responsible for the attack on the operatives.
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