Three officials of the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been killed by gunmen in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The attack which occurred at about 8:30pm left three out of the six of the officers of the agency dead, while on their duty post around Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene. The officers are Onwumere Nicholas, Peter Ebun and Abraham Musa.
Confirming the incident, the state commandant of the NDLEA, Idris Bello, said three of his men felled to the guns of hoodlums in Okene while on patrol and two of their guns carted away.
He said NDLEA together with other sister agency in the state has put all necessary plans in motion to arrest the perpetrators of the heinous act.
