Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have allegedly shot dead two persons in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State.
Igbere TV learnt that the NDLEA operatives raided a drug denstormed in the community around 10pm on Wednesday and started shooting sporadically in a bid to achieve their aim.
A resident, who simply identified himself as Olasunkanmi, decried the development. He questioned the operatives for shooting sporadically in a residential area, adding that the bullets hit one Gafar Yusuf and another yet-to-be-identified victim.
He noted that the victims died on the spot, adding that people in the community had been enraged by the development.
In his words “We are not saying the NDLEA should not do their job, but why will its operatives be shooting anyhow in a residential area? The NDLEA operatives invaded a drug den in the community around 10pm and started seizing illicit drugs which is OK.
“The operatives were about 50 in number and most of them were armed. While some wore the official uniform, others were dressed in casual wear. The people dealing in the drug business were enraged by the raid and started threatening to make trouble.
“But the NDLEA operatives started shooting to have their way and stray bullets hit two young boys in the head and chest. Both of them died on the spot. The name of one of the victims is Gafar Yusuf. After killing them, the NDLEA operatives attempted to take their corpses away but people in the area resisted.”
Another resident, who gave his name simply as Lukmon, said Yusuf’s mother, Olaide, who had been inconsolable since the shocking events that claimed her son’s life, informed him about the incident.
