Over seven Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have sustained various degrees of injuries in the process of arresting a notorious drug dealer, Micha Godwin.
According to NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the drug dealer was arrested at Nukai Market, along Jalingo-Wukari Road in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.
Babafemi noted that seven anti-narcotic officers were left injured after they came under attack during the operation.
He said, “Despite the attack, the officers, however, managed to arrest their target after recovering some quantities of illicit drugs from the suspect and thereafter retreated to take the wounded to the hospital for treatment.
“Following intelligence, the operatives on Tuesday 8th March stormed the market at about 2.30pm to arrest the drug dealer and evacuate illicit substances in his warehouse. Soon after the arrest of Micha, miscreants mobilised from the community to attack the officers and vehicles with dangerous weapons.
“A reinforcement from the state Command of the Agency and other security agencies was able to move in to rescue the operatives from the scene of the attack.”
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), while reacting to the incident, condemned the attack whilst directing an immediate switch to new operational guidelines that will make officers and men well-positioned to defend themselves adequately in the course of carrying out their duties.
