NDLEA Explains Why Its Agency Stormed Lagos Island After Reported Face Off With Hoodlums

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) finally released statement fetched from Twitter handle.

The statement explained why it operatives were attacked during an operation to arrest a major drug kingpin at Petty Area of Lagos Island.

Earlier today, pandemonium has been reported in the some areas of Lagos Island between the NDLEA and the suspected hoodlums.

This is coming days after Zinoleesky and Mohbad were arrested by the NDLEA for possession of illegal drugs.

In several videos shared on the social networking service, Twitter, many residents scampered for safety.

In one of the videos seen by this newspaper, there were sporadic shootings as hoodlums engaged the NDLEA operatives.

NDLEA Lagos Island

“A lot of fake narratives have been going on on what happened at Petty area of Lagos Island earlier today.

Please disregard them. Truth is our operatives went for the arrest of a major drug kingpin and we got her and 5 others with almost 6,000kg of drugs despite attacks on our men,” a post on NDLEA’s official Twitter handle reads.

NDLEA is a Federal law enforcement agency in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Justice charged with eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard drugs.

The agency was established by Decree Number 48 of 1989.

The NDLEA is present in international airports, seaports, and border crossings. It also targets the leaders of narcotics and money laundering organizations