3 NDLEA OFFICERS IN HOSPITAL FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS DURING ABUJA RAID
Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been wounded in gun violence during a in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the incident happened on Thursday night, April 17, 2025, when the operatives raided an uncompleted building around the NNPC area of Jahi.
NDLEA operatives recovered 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48grams of tramadol 225mg and 4.9kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as five android phones from the location.
In a statement, Babafemi noted that "as the NDLEA team made their way out of the location, they came under gun attack", adding that three of the NDLEA personnel involved in the raid sustained gunshot injuries: one in the rib and two others on their back and leg.
He said the wounded officers were initially stabilized at the Police Clinic in Garki Area 1 before they were transferred to the National Hospital Abuja for further medical attention.
Following, Femi Babafemi said the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) expressed appreciation to the staff of the Police Clinic for their prompt support, just as he also thanked the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital for overseeing the treatment of the wounded officers.
He said the NDLEA boss who is in Kano on official engagements also spoke on phone with the injured officers to wish them quick recovery and assure them that those responsible for the attack on them would be apprehended with the support of other security agencies.
