A raid in Abuja has gone sour, after operatives of the NDLEA got attacked.
It was gathered that the officials had gone to raid a building in the state, but were met with gunmen.
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The incident was reported to have happened in the Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday night.
The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the incident in a statement released on Friday, April 18 said the three personnels sustained gunshot wounds in their leg back and rib.
“The incident occurred when a team of NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence and surveillance report raided an uncompleted building at NNPC area of Jahi where 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48grams of tramadol 225mg and 4.9kgs of skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as five android phones were recovered.
“As the NDLEA team made their way out of the location, they came under gun attackm”
He added that the injured officials were given first aid at Police Clinic in Garki Area 1 before they were transferred to the National Hospital Abuja for further medical attention.
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