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Gunmen Kill NDLEA Operative In Ebonyi

Gunmen have killed an NDLEA operative in Ebonyi.

Glamtush reports that gunmen have killed an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday in Ebonyi State.

This online news platform understands that the NDLEA operative and his colleagues were reportedly shot at by the gunmen while on duty on the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway.

One other NDLEA operative was left injured while the gunmen went away with a rifle belonging to the officers after setting their vehicle ablaze.

“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 drug officers on duty.

“One officer killed while the other one was shot in the leg which fractured his leg. One rifle was collected, one patrol Hilux Van burnt. The names of the victims not yet disclosed,” a source told Premium Times.

Angela Davies

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