Breaking: Tension, Anger as NDLEA Officers Shoot 2 Dead in Lagos
- A raid by staff of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a Lagos community has brought sorrow to some households
- No fewer than two innocent individuals were reportedly hit by stray bullets fired by operatives of the agency
- Residents of the community are extremely sad with the development and condemned the alleged unprofessional acts of the NDLEA
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Idioro, Lagos state - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have allegedly shot dead two persons.
Among those reportedly killed is one Gafar Yusuf, a resident of the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos state, The Punch reported.
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Lagos NDLEA officers shoot two dead during raid
The Punch newspaper said that the NDLEA operatives stormed the community around 10 pm on Wednesday, July 26, to raid a drug den when they started shooting sporadically.
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The NDLEA personnel’s stray bullets reportedly killed the victims, The Cable also reported.
A resident, who gave his name simply as Olasunkanmi, explained:
“We are not saying the NDLEA should not do their job, but why will its operatives be shooting anyhow in a residential area?"
Another resident, who gave his name simply as Lukmon, said Yusuf’s mother, Olaide, has been inconsolable since the sad occurrence.
He stated:
“We are tired of the NDLEA’s issue in our neighbourhood. Why will they be shooting carelessly in a residential neighbourhood?
"If they want to work, it is expected that they would have a target and they should have a plan for how they will arrest the target instead of shooting carelessly to the point of killing two innocent persons."
The anti-narcotics agency is yet to issue a statement on the development.
NDLEA operatives, armed men of wanted person engage in gun battle
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that operatives of the NDLEA engaged armed men of an unnamed wanted person in a gun battle.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson, said officials of the anti-narcotics agency were in the course of confiscating a massive consignment of the drug peddler when some gunmen loyal to the wanted dealer confronted them.
The NDLEA also seized blocks of compressed brown crystal meth in soap packets going to Australia.
Source: Legit.ng
