BREAKING: Gunfire in Edo as NDLEA Ambushed by Armed Thugs, Video Emerge

• The NDLEA operatives have been ambushed at the Opuje forest in the Owan West local government area of Edo state
• According to the anti-narcotic agency on Thursday morning, three officers were injured during the attack
• Among the injured officers, one of the men had brain surgery, but the operatives were able to repel the attacks from the armed thugs

Benin, Edo - The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its operatives were ambushed by some armed thugs who were said to be protecting an illicit drug warehouse in the oil-rich state.

In a tweet by the NDLEA on Thursday morning, December 7, the anti-narcotic agency said that the men of the agency were able to repeal the attack in the forest, adding that three of its operatives were injured while one other was undergoing brain surgery in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

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How gunmen attack us in Edo forest, NDLEA

The spokesperson of the agency, in another tweet on Thursday, shared a video of the gun duel between the agency and the hoodlums, adding that the event happened in the Opuje forest in the Owan West local government area of Edo state.

His tweet reads:

"The moment @ndlea_nigeria officers came under gunfire attack in an ambush by armed hoodlums protecting illicit drug warehouses in Opuje forest, Edo State. Our men were able to overpower them after two hours of gunfight. Three of our men were badly injured, and one just had brain surgery."

In a statement by the NDLEA, the operatives of the agency had stormed the forest 11 months ago, following a were and intelligence to destroy over 317,417 kilograms (317.4 metric tons) of cannabis sativa.

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See video and photos of the gun battle here:

Mohbad: Zinoleesky, 5 others NDLEA actually arrested while raiding Marlian House

Legit.ng earlier reported that the claim that the late Ilerioluwa Oladimeji, popularly known as Mohbad, was attested in 2022 has been denied by a source in the NDLEA.

In February 2022, the operatives of the NDLEA stormed the home where the signees of the Marlian Records were staying and arrested some six persons.

But a source privy to the arrest disclosed that two singers were arrested among six persons, but the late Mohbad was never part of the arrested persons.

Source: Legit.ng