Angela Mbaocha, Abakaliki
Unknown gunmen on Sunday killed an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and left another officer seriously injured in Ebonyi State.
The gunmen as gathered, attacked an NDLEA team on duty along the Ezzamgbo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway on Sunday morning, at about 3 am.
It was scooped that the location of the attack was close to a military checkpoint along the expressway.
A credible source disclosed that the gunmen also collected one riffle from the officers, while they set ablaze an NDLEA patrol Hilux Van.
The source said: “On 20th Feb. 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”.
