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The National Drug
Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday, announced the death of one
of its officers, Abdullahi Idris, 41, who was killed by a mob that
attacked a joint team of operatives from the agency and the Nigerian
Police Force at Owo Town in Ogun State, during a recent raid of a
cannabis joint.

According to the
agency, the deceased, who was an Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics,
was said to have sustained a fracture in the raid that led to the
seizure of 2,300kg of cannabis and the arrests of two drug suspects,
but died in a hospital while receiving medical attention. “His death
brings the number of officers that have died this year to 31,” said
Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokesperson for the agency in Lagos.

Describing the
death of its officer as “painful,” the NDLEA said that it would fish
out the perpetrators of the crime, stressing that the culprits have no
place to hide in the country. “In all, five police officers and one
NDLEA officer sustained gunshots during the attack, said Walter
Nicholas, the Ondo State Commander of the agency. “They were
immediately rushed to the hospital for intensive care, and most of them
recovered except Abdullahi, the Superintendent of Narcotics, whom we
lost. It is very sad but we are not giving up.”

Until his death, the deceased, who was a native of Potiskum, in Yobe
State, had a National Diploma in Business Administration and was born
on March 27, 1969. Mr Idris worked briefly in the Department of
National Civic Registration with the Federal Ministry of Internal
Affairs, Maidugur, Borno State before joining the NDLEA in 1994. He is
survived by a pregnant wife.