A Lagos-based alleged notorious dr¥g dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, has been declared wanted by operatives of the National Dr¥g Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The agency in a statement on Wednesday, August 23, said the dr¥d dealer took to his heels after using his car to cr¥sh an NDLEA officer in his bid to escape arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend.
“Anti-narcotics officers of the Agency had on Friday 18th August stormed the residence of the wanted dr¥g 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 dr¥gs 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, kn%cked down one of the officers, 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 however led to the recovery of 10.5 kilograms of Loud, while the operative kn%cked down s¥ffered multiple inj¥ries all over his body and compound fracture on his two legs, for which he is currently on hospital admission for treatment.
Following the unpleasant development, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed the deployment of appropriate operational assets of the Agency to smoke out the wanted suspect from his hiding. He also approved adequate medical care for the inj¥red officer so that he can get back on his feet as soon as possible,” the statement read.
