The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, began a manhunt for an alleged drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who has since been on the run after crushing an NDLEA officer in Lekki, Lagos.

Anti-narcotics officers of the Agency had on Friday, August 18, stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos, for a search and possible arrest following intelligence that he was dealing in illicit drugs.

Although he was not in the house when operatives got into his compound, he however returned while a search of his apartment was ongoing.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.

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.

A thorough search of his apartment, however, led to the recovery of 10.5 kilogrammes of Loud (a slang term used to define marijuana with a strong taste and odour), while the operative he knocked down suffered multiple injuries all over his body and compound fracture on his two legs, for which he is currently on hospital admission for treatment.

Following the unpleasant development, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd), has directed the deployment of appropriate operational assets of the agency to smoke out the wanted suspect from his hiding. He also approved adequate medical care for the injured officer so that he can get back on his feet as soon as possible.