The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a manhunt for a notorious Lekki, Lagos-based drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the fugitive drug dealer had evaded capture after driving his car to crush one of its officers.
Babafemi stated that its anti-narcotics officers stormed Kayode’s residence, at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, August 18, for a search and possible arrest following credible intelligence that he was dealing illicit drugs in his house.
According to him, Kayode was absent from his residence when the NDLEA operatives first arrived, but he returned while the search was underway.
“In a dramatic twist, as soon as he drove into the premises and sighted NDLEA officers, he engaged his car in reverse gear, knocked down one of the officers, pulled down his gate before plunging the vehicle into the fence of the opposite compound,” Babafemi stated.
“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.”
Babafemi noted that despite Kayode’s escape, authorities were to uncover a substantial stash of 10.5 kilogrammes of a substance identified as “Loud,” suspected to be an illicit drug.
He added that the injured NDLEA officer suffered multiple injuries all over his body and a compound fracture on his two legs, for which he is currently in the hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa, has directed the deployment of appropriate operational assets of the Agency to smoke out the wanted suspect from his hiding place.
Marwa had also approved adequate medical care for the injured officer so that he could get back on his feet as soon as possible.