Rivers: Hoodlums attack NDLEA operatives, free drug trafficking kingpin
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
A gang of hoodlums suspected to be cultists mobilized, attacked and successfully position a drug trafficking kingpin free from the custody of operatives of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, soon after his arrest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Jabber capital on Friday night.
The incident took position around Odunze boulevard axis of Ikwerre road in Mile 3, Diobu, within the direct capital.
An eyewitness within the position said the bright change of hoodlums who were armed with guns, knives, broken bottles and other unhealthy weapons attacked the NDLEA officers at the moment after they arrested a drug dealer popularly identified as ’50’.”
It used to be learnt that three of the NDLEA officers dressed in mufti had in an undercover operation successfully entered the Odunze, an position considered a den of cultists and illicit drug trafficking at Mile 3, Diobu with the said ’50’ as their top purpose.
A source, however, published that after the NDLEA officers apprehended the said “50” and were dragging him to their patrol van stationed at Ikwerre road by Iheoma boulevard, Mile 3, Diobu, scores of suspected Deygbam cultists mobilized to the scene and confronted them.
Armed unhealthy weapons, esteem bottles, stones and guns, the cultists launched an attack on the officers of NDLEA
It used to be further gathered that the in self defense, and to fright off the hoodlums, the NDLEA officers fired some shots into the air.
However the rampaging cultists were no longer deterred as they in the end aided the ruin out of their ally ’50’ ahead of the NDLEA patrol van arrived at the scene.
About a of the NDLEA officers reportedly sustained injuries within the attack.
Eyewitnesses acknowledged that the incident triggered pandemonium and heavy net page visitors trusty by plan of the Ikwerre road axis of the city.
It used to be further learnt taking earnings of the confusion, the hoodlums went on rampage robbing pedestrians and motorists.
Mr Emmanuel Ogbumgbada, head of Public Affairs Officer, Media and Advocacy unit of NDLEA in Rivers Jabber has no longer officially reacted to the incident as at the time of writing this myth.
Nonetheless, Police patrol vans are considered patrolling the position .
