Three operatives of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds following an armed assault throughout a raid within the Jahi space of Abuja on Thursday night time.
The officers have been conducting a raid primarily based on intelligence and surveillance reviews once they have been ambushed by unidentified gunmen, an announcement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, revealed.
The operation carried out at an uncompleted constructing within the NNPC space of Jahi, led to the restoration of 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48 grams of tramadol (225mg), 4.9 kilograms of skunk (a potent hashish pressure), and 5 Android telephones.
“Because the NDLEA staff made their means out of the placement, they got here underneath gun assault,” the assertion mentioned.
The assertion disclosed that three officers sustained accidents, one was shot within the rib, whereas the others have been hit within the again and leg.
“The wounded officers have been initially stabilized on the Police Clinic in Garki Space 1 earlier than they have been transferred to the Nationwide Hospital Abuja for additional medical consideration.
“Chairman/Chief Government Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) expressed appreciation to the employees of the Police Clinic for his or her immediate help. He additionally thanked the Chief Medical Director of the Nationwide Hospital who was personally reached by him for overseeing the remedy of the wounded officers.
“The NDLEA boss who’s in Kano on official engagements additionally spoke on cellphone with the injured officers to want them fast restoration.
“He assured them that the Company will deploy each means at its disposal and work in collaboration with different safety companies to fish out these accountable for the assault on them,” Babafemi mentioned within the assertion.
