NDLEA arrests suspected killer of its staff, 59 others in Sokoto

By Ibrahim Goronyo, Sokoto

Sokoto state Command of the National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has on Friday arrested a suspected killer of their staff at Bagarawa village of Bodinga local government of the state. The killer had been at large since January this year.

Speaking to newsmen while parading the suspect and 59 suspects at different drugs joints in Sokoto metropolis, the Commandant of the Agency, Iro Muhammad, said men of the Command have been hunting the suspect since January 2023 and was eventually arrested at Bagarawa village of Bodinga local government.

He said the suspect and his supporters hacked digger on the head of the officer, which resulted to his death adding that apart from hitting digger on his head, cutlass was also used to inflict wounds on his body and that the security situation in the state would be revised

Malam Iro similarly explained that out of the 59 suspects arrested at joints in Sokoto metropolis, 54 are males while 5 are of the female gender saying that the arrest was a collective efforts with other security agencies in the state.

He also said “Drugs issue is serious phenomenon that destroys youths and that

of the security challenges being faced by security agencies is as a result of right drugs consumption.

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