One dies in Lagos Island as youths attack NDLEA officers after arrest of drug kingpin
One person was reported to have died and scores injured on Lagos Island when youths and officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) clashed during an enforcement operation.
It was gathered that the clash spread to Freeman, Pattey, Tokunboh, Sandgrouse axis on the Island.
Confirming the development, the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, claimed that the officials were attacked after apprehending a drug kingpin in the axis.
Babafemi added that the youths launched an attack on the NDLEA officials with arms and pelted them with stones to prevent the arrest.
He said, “We arrested a drug kingpin and seized drugs in the notorious Pattey drug den on Lagos Island and they mobilized to attack our men.”
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