If you are familiar with the Idi-oro drug market, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) raiding is a common incident, even sometimes after raiding the market, the whole place comes back to life like nothing ever happened, and drug peddlers and buyers continue to have a good time.

Yesterday, Wednesday 26 July 2023 the ghetto drug market was raided around 10 pm, it was a serious one as the NDLEA operatives were moving from one shop to the other to carry out the raid as usual, and they were confronted by the boys on the street, as the NDLEA was shooting sporadically at the boys leading to counter shooting by the boys.

An eyewitness said it was like a battle on a war front, the NDLEA was shooting directly at the boys as they were rounded because the NDLEA came into the community from a different exit and the boys were also not giving up on countering them.

As the shooting was on, two young boys who live around the community were killed and it was reliably gathered that one of the NDLEA officers was hit by the boys' bullet but can not confirm if he was dead or not, the source said as one of them was hit, they started advancing to leave the scene.

Reacting to the incident, people were reacting differently in the community as normalcy is restored. 

People condemn the act of the NDLEA operatives for their unprofessional conduct in the raiding, a resident who spoke with Mushines News and wants to remain anonymous because of his status in the community condemns the NDLEA shooting.

He said "We are not happy with what is going on in the Odi-olowo community in Mushin most especially the Idi-Oro area here, everywhere is a drug market and our young ones can not live freely without being harassed or pressured into drugs abuse, to raise a child in the community and believe he will turn out well is a 50/50 chance but there is nothing we can do.

"The NDLEA operatives who normally come to raid are not sincere in their operation because most time when we heard that one drug dealer has been arrested within the next couple of days, he's outside again to continue, even grow bigger.

"Even sometimes, the NDLEA sells the raided drugs to other drug dealers, this is not hearsay, we have seen it right in this market, so what is the fight for? to clean the street or for their gain.

"Also, the NDLEA are not professional in their raid, you are coming to a residential area and you started shooting sporadically, know full well the nature of the drug market that there is always a confrontation from the boys, can them develop a more sophisticated technique to enter the drug market without innocent souls affected.

He added that the NDLEA has to be sincere in their operation because their operation never stopped the market from growing every day.

Another resident, a woman called Iya Bose angrily with tears in her eyes said, the NDLEA are doing their job but the shedding of innocent blood is too much, each they come someone who knows nothing will die

"Do you know that because of the heavy gunshot, I have developed hypertension even a woman has died in the process of running for her dear life when they come, many innocent souls have died oh, our government should please help us find a better way not this one to fight drug abuse in Idi-Oro."

In a response by the NDLEA, the agency spokesman Femi Babafemi said the agency's operatives came under attack on Wednesday night when it raided a Baron behind a shipment of drugs from Ghana and resorted to self-defense to escape the attack on them.

"Our men on Wednesday night went to Mushin to arrest the Baron behind the shipment of drugs that have been coming from Ghana. After the arrest of some of the wanted suspects and recovery of drugs and their vehicles, our men came under attack from their boys, who had locked all the exit gates in the community, and our officers had to defend themselves to come out of the area alive", he said.


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