An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State have been killed by some unidentified Gunmen.
According to reports, the operative was shot around 3 a.m on Sunday, February 20, during an attack on the NDLEA team on duty along the Ezzamgbo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, close to a military checkpoint.
Also, another operative of the agency allegedly sustained serious injury.
Speaking about the sad incident, a source told PREMIUM TIMES that the gunmen took a rifle from the NDLEA officers before setting ablaze the agency’s patrol truck.
The source said
“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.”
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