The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it is investigating a shooting incident involving its officers during the raid of a drug joint in the Okpanam Area of Asaba, Delta State, where a young person was hit by a stray bullet, resulting in his death while undergoing treatment.
The agency, in a statement on Saturday, said the Executive Chairman, Retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, after receiving initial briefings from the Delta State Command of the NDLEA, had set up a panel of top officials from the National Headquarters in Abuja, to immediately proceed to Asaba, for an on-the-spot investigation of the incident, to establish the facts of the case.
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Marwa reassured the family and members of the public that the NDLEA would get to the root of the case and take the necessary action.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
