NDLEA Operatives’ Stray Bullets Claim 2 Lives In Lagos Raid

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have reportedly shot dead two persons, including one Gafar Yusuf, in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State.

Reports say the NDLEA operatives stormed the community on Wednesday to raid a drug dealers’ hideout when they started shooting sporadically in a bid to arrest them.

EDITOR’S PICKS

• Massive Tragedy Unfolds As Tanker Fire Kills 20 In Ondo

• Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Igboho Loses Mother

• Sanwo-Olu Allegedly Approves Mass Burial Of 103 EndSARS Victims

The victims were said to have been hit by stray bullets from the operatives who were shooting to scare hoodlums attempting to scuttle the raid.

A resident, who gave his name simply as Olasunkanmi, while lamenting over the development, questioned the operatives for shooting sporadically in a residential area, adding that the bullets hit Yusuf’s head and the yet-to-be-identified victim’s chest.

He noted that the victims died on the spot, adding that people in the community had been enraged by the development.

Another resident, Lukmon, said Yusuf’s mother, Olaide, had been inconsolable since the shocking events that claimed her son’s life.

But reacting last night, the spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, told Daily Trust that they were not aware of any stray bullets from its officers killing two persons.

He said the agency’s operatives came under attack Wednesday night when it raided Mushin to arrest the baron behind shipments of colorado, louds and other drugs from Ghana to Nigeria.

FURTHER READING  

• Beyond Palliatives: Investing in Production and Job Creation for Sustainable Impact

• Trapped In Flood: Obaseki Speaks, Blames FG For Bad Roads In Edo

• Tinubu’s Aide Fires Atiku Over Alleged Plan To Blackmail Judiciary, Judges

“Our men came under attack from their boys who had locked all the exit gates in the community and our officers had to defend themselves to come out of the area alive. We are not aware of anyone being killed,” Babafemi said.

He revealed that the suspected drug barons are Saheed Solola and Suleiman Shehu.

Click to watch our video of the week

---

Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:

Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.

Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.

Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611