Gunmen attack Ebonyi NDLEA headquarters, shoot police officer dead

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked the headquarters of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State and killed a police officer.

According to the state Police Command spokesperson, Loveth Odah, two of the gunmen also were killed in the attack.

She said that the Ebonyi Police Commissioner, Aliyu Garba, got a distress call from the NDLEA Commandant in the state at about 2:30 am on Tuesday, informing him of the attack.

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She explained that the gunmen drove into the NDLEA headquarters in a Toyota 4Runner Jeep, shooting sporadically at the men on duty.

Odah said that the Commissioner immediately mobilised a combined team of a mobile police force and military personnel to the area and promptly repelled the attack.

“Some of the gunmen later escaped with bullet injuries while two rifles (AK-49 and K2) with 140 K2 live ammunition, 30 AK-47 live ammunition, and 36 GPMP were recovered from the assailants,” she said 

She listed other things recovered from the gunmen to include 65 Barreta Pistol live ammunition, one Toyota 4Runner Jeep, some chairs, and other incriminating items.

“Efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing gunmen”, she added.