The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday, said it has launched a search for one Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, a suspected drug dealer, who reportedly crushed an NDLEA operative while evading arrest in the Lekki area of Lagos.
According to Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s media director, in a statement released, said Kayode, who is now at large, knocked down the agency’s operative during a search of his house on August 18, 2023, adding that the agency recovered 10.5kg of ‘loud’ weed in Kayode’s apartment.
The statement reads, “Anti-narcotics officers of the agency had on Friday 18th August stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni close, Lekki, Lagos for a search and possible arrest following credible intelligence that he was dealing in illicit drugs in his house.”
“Although he was not in the house when operatives got into his compound, he, however, returned while a search of his apartment was ongoing.
“In a dramatic twist, as soon as he drove into the premises and sighted NDLEA officers, he engaged his car in reverse gear, knocked down one of the officers, and pulled down his gate before plunging the vehicle into the fence of the opposite compound.
“The force of his car’s speed also pulled down the concrete wall of his neighbour’s compound, and from there, he dived out of the vehicle to escape.
“A thorough search of his apartment led to the recovery of 10.5 kilograms of Loud, while the operative knocked down suffered multiple injuries all over his body and compound fracture on his two legs, for which he is currently on hospital admission for treatment.”
Babafemi added Buba Marwa, NDLEA chairman, has ordered the deployment of appropriate operational assets “to smoke out the wanted suspect from his hiding”.