Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have been hospitalised for gunshot injuries sustained after they came under attack from some armed men during a raid.
The raid operation took place in the Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday night.
The incident occurred when a team of NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence and surveillance report raided an uncompleted building at the NNPC area of Jahi where 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48grammes of tramadol 225mg, and 4.9kilogrammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as five android phones were recovered.
A statement issued by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi said as the NDLEA team made their way out of the location, they came under gun attack.
He said, “Three of the NDLEA personnel involved in the raid sustained gunshot injuries: one in the rib and two others on their back and leg.
“The wounded officers were initially stabilised at the Police Clinic in Garki Area 1 before they were transferred to the National Hospital Abuja for further medical attention.
“Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) expressed appreciation to the staff of the Police Clinic for their prompt support.
“He also thanked the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital who was personally reached by him for overseeing the treatment of the wounded officers.”
He added that the NDLEA boss, who was in Kano on official engagements as of the time the attack took place, also spoke on the phone with the injured officers to wish them a quick recovery.
He was said to have assured them that the Agency would deploy every means at its disposal and work in collaboration with other security agencies in fishing out those responsible for the attack on them.
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