An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was, on Tuesday, killed following an attack by yet-to-be identified gunmen at the Ebonyi State command headquarters Ntezi axis, along the ever-busy Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Three other persons including an inmate at the NDLEA rehabilitation center of the command and two of the attackers, lost their lives during the attack on the facility between the hours of 2am and 4am on Tuesday morning.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Loverth Odah, said that the hoodlums were repelled by a team of Nigerian Police and the military.
DSP Odah stated that the hoodlums, following the superior firepower of the security agents, escaped into the bush from where they gained access to the facility.
She noted that while two of the attackers were gunned down, others escaped into the bush with various degrees of gunshot injuries.
DSP Odah stated that items recovered from the hoodlums include 140 K2 Ammunition, 2 Riffle, AK-47, 36 round GPMG live Ammunition and a 4 Runner Jeep.
DSP Odah said that security agencies were still combing the bushes in search of the hoodlums who sustained gunshot injuries.
According to a resident of the area, who spoke to LEADERSHIP on ground of anonymity, said that the gun battle which lasted for over two hours threw the community into panic.
He noted that most of the community members out of fear went into hiding to avoid being hurt by stray bullet.
It would be recalled that on February 20, 2022, gunmen also attacked operatives of the NDLEA at a checkpoint along the Ezzamgbo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway, killing one officer and setting their official Hilux Van ablaze.
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