Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) clashed on Thursday with their police counterparts at the Ekeki Police Division in Bayelsa State over attempts to arrest a suspected drug dealer.
The clash caused panic at the Ekeki Police Division in Yenagoa.
It was learnt that some NDLEA operatives were in the area to arrest a woman suspected of being a drug peddler.
The operatives had made an entry in the police records before carrying out their assignment.
A resident of Ekeki told a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent that as the NDLEA squad was carrying out their operation, the police operatives from the Ekeki Police Division obstructed them, resulting in an altercation and several gunshots that scared off residents.
NAN sighted two NDLEA operation vehicles with deflated tyres, apparently from gunshots fired by the police operatives.
NDLEA police speak on the incident
When contacted, the NDLEA spokesperson in Bayelsa, Howells Obah, said the…
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