- Recovers cache of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk, tramadol
Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company have raided a infamous drug enclave often known as Ama Hausa in Bonny Island, Rivers State the place six suspects had been arrested and a big cache of illicit substances, together with cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk, and tramadol was recovered.
An NDLEA personnel, Chief Narcotic Agent Sadiq Bako Mujahid, nevertheless, misplaced his life because of extreme head accidents sustained when the drug sellers mobilised armed hoodlums to assault operatives through the raid.
However the violent assault, a press release on Tuesday by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA headquarters, Abuja, disclosed that the NDLEA operatives had been in a position to apprehend all of the six targets of the raid together with the gang chief, Genesis George Benson, who’s chargeable for the loss of life of the NDLEA operative.
Different suspects arrested through the strategic operation on the Ama Hausa space of Bonny Island, a widely known hub for felony actions, on Friday sixth February 2026, embody: ThankGod Okon; Shamsudden Isah; Muhammed Musa; Adamu Muhammed; and Muhammed Yusuf.
In line with Babafemi, the operation took a tragic flip when one of many suspects, Genesis George Benson, mobilised a gaggle of armed hoodlums to assault the operatives in a bid to flee arrest.
“In the course of the ensuing violent confrontation, a devoted officer, Chief Narcotic Agent Sadiq Bako Mujahid, sustained extreme head accidents. Regardless of being rushed instantly to the Bonny Island Common Hospital for emergency medical consideration, Mujahid sadly succumbed to his accidents,” he mentioned.
Reacting to the event, the Chairman/Chief Government Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), recommended the bravery and resilience of the officers who stood their floor regardless of the brutal assault. “I salute the gallantry of our males who refused to be intimidated by these felony components. Even after the cowardly assault on Mujahid, our operatives ensured that the assailants had been overpowered and arrested, and their illicit substances confiscated. Their sacrifice won’t be in useless.”
Whereas mourning the lack of Mujahid, Marwa described him as a disciplined and brave officer who paid the final word worth within the service of his fatherland. “We lengthen our deepest condolences to his household, his colleagues, and the Rivers State Command.”
“Any assault on our officers is an assault on the state, and it’ll not go with out dire penalties. We stay undeterred in our mission to rid Nigeria of illicit medicine, and we are going to proceed to take the combat to the enclaves of those retailers of loss of life”, the NDLEA boss warned.