NDLEA launch manhunt for suspected drug dealer who crushed operative in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has launched a search for a suspected drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who allegedly crushed its official, while running from being arrested in Lekki, Lagos State.

The media director of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed that Ayodeji knocked down the agency’s operative on August 18, 2023, during a search of his house.

The statement reads: “Anti-narcotics officers of the agency had on Friday 18th August stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni close, Lekki, Lagos for a search and possible arrest following credible intelligence that he was dealing in illicit drugs in his house.

“Although he was not in the house when operatives got into his compound, he however returned while a search of his apartment was ongoing.

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“In a dramatic twist, as soon as he drove into the premises and sighted NDLEA officers, he engaged his car in reverse gear, knocked down one of the officers, pulled down his gate before plunging the vehicle into the fence of the opposite compound.

“The force of his car’s speed also pulled down the concrete wall of his neighbours compound and from there he dived out of the vehicle to escape.

“A thorough search of his apartment however led to the recovery of 10.5 kilograms of Loud, while the operative knocked down suffered multiple injuries all over his body and compound fracture on his two legs, for which he is currently on hospital admission for treatment.”

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