People suspected to be drug mafia on Sunday, killed three operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Owode-Yewa, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The victims were officers attached to the state command of the agency. The gang, it was gathered unleashed terror on the anti-drug agents, who had gone to the area on an operation, following a tip-off that drug dealers operated in the area.
The drug dealers, the Nigerian Tribune gathered were suspected to be behind the large supply of the drugs to some states in the South-West.
They were said to have laid ambushed for the NDLEA officers, who were said to be on the raid of the area and killed three of them.
The incident was confirmed by NDLEA’s Public Relations Officer in Ogun state, Mr Abdullahi Sarduana.