NDLEA reacts after two persons were reportedly shot dead during a raid

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has reacted to reports that its operatives shot two persons dead during a raid in the Idi-Oro area of Mushin, Lagos State.

The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Friday, July 28, said: “Our men last Wednesday night, went to Mushin to arrest baron behind shipments of drugs that have been coming from Ghana.

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After the arrest of some of the wanted suspects and recovery of drugs and their vehicles, 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 arrested two males, Saheed Sholola, Suleiman Shehu, and a lady. Bags of Cannabis Sativa, popularly called Indian Hemp, weighing 2,26 kilogram, as well as eight different brands of vehicles were impounded in the process.”