The victims were officers attached to the state command of
the agency. The gang, it was gathered unleashed terror on the anti-drug agents,
who had gone to the area on an operation, following a tip-off that drug dealers
operated in the area.
The drug dealers, the Nigerian Tribune gathered were suspected
to be behind the large supply of the drugs to some states in the South-West.
They were said to have laid ambushed for the NDLEA officers,
who were said to be on the raid of the area and killed three of them.
