Hoodlums attack policemen, NDLEA officials in Ondo

Armed hoodlums suspected to have been hired by Indian hemp barons in Eyinogbe area of Owo town, on Thursday, attacked and injured operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcment Agency and policemen who attempted to open their warehouse.

The Ondo State Commander of the NDLEA, Mr. Walter Nicholas, who stated this while briefing journalists in his office, in Akure, said two of the NDLEA officers and three policemen suffered gunshot woundsand they had been rushed to an hospital in the town for medical attention.

Nicholas said the consignments of Indian hemp in the warehouse could rank as that single largest concentration of the illicit plant, in recent times.

He said his officer, acting on tip off, went to the community with 70 policemen and 30 NDLEA operatives saying the warehouse was jointly owned by a consortium of barons in the area.

He said, “The operation was led by the agency‘s Operation Commander in the state, Mr. Polycap Duguba; the Police Area Commander in Owo and the Divisonal Police Officer in charge of the town around 2.00am toady (Thursday).

“No sooner had they forced the warehouse open than they were ambushed by over 100 hoodlums who were armed by the barons in ten commercial buses, emerged from their hidings and opened fire of the security agencies.

Punch Newspaper

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