Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have been hospitalized for gunshot injuries sustained after they came under attack from some armed men during a raid operation in Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Thursday night.
The incident occurred when a team of NDLEAoperatives acting on intelligence and surveillance report raided an uncompletedbuilding at NNPC area of Jahi where 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeinesyrup, 48grams of tramadol 225mg and 4.9kilograms of skunk, a strain ofcannabis, as well as five android phones were recovered.
As the NDLEA team made their way out of thelocation, they came under gun attack.
Three of the NDLEA personnel involved in theraid sustained gunshot injuries: one in the rib and two others on their backand leg.
The wounded officers were initially stabilized atthe Police Clinic in Garki Area 1 before they were transferred to the NationalHospital Abuja for further medical attention.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, BrigGen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) expressed appreciation to the staff of the PoliceClinic for their prompt support. He also thanked the Chief Medical Director ofthe National Hospital who was personally reached by him for overseeing thetreatment of the wounded officers.
The NDLEA boss who is in Kano on officialengagements also spoke on phone with the injured officers to wish them quickrecovery. He assured them that the Agency will deploy every means at itsdisposal and work in collaboration with other security agencies to fish outthose responsible for the attack on them.
