By John Ugo , Awka
Anxiety heightened in Ebonyi State on Sunday as an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was shot dead by gunmen.
The operative was killed in the morning, during an attack on NDLEA team on duty along the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway.
Another officer of the agency reportedly sustained serious injury during the attack.
It was gathered that the attack took place around 3 am close to a military checkpoint.
The rampaging gunmen were said to have taken away a rifle belonging to the NDLEA officers.
The gunmen also set ablaze the agency’s patrol truck.
“On 20th February 2022, Sunday morning at about 300hrs at a drug checkpoint along Enugu Abakaliki expressway at Ezzangbo, unknown gunmen attacked drug law enforcement agents and shot two officers on duty.
“One officer was killed while the other one was shot in the leg which fractured his leg. One rifle collected, one patrol Hilux Van burnt. The names of the victims not yet disclosed,” PREMIUM TIMES reported.
The NDLEA spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Audu Benji, said he was in a meeting and would get back to our reporter on the incident after the meeting.
Mr Benji did not, however, get back to our reporters. He did not also respond to calls and text messages.
