Read How NDLEA Allowed a Law Graduate Drown During Raid (Photo)

 

According to Punch Metro, a highly promising 32-year-old graduate of Law, Dapo Olasore, in the Agboyi, Alapere area of Lagos State drowned with the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency being fingered in his death.

 

Reports have it that the officials of the body allowed Olasore drown during a security raid on Sunday, 13th of September.

 

It happened that the officials of the NDLEA visited the Agboyi, Alapere area in two vans without plate numbers to raid the area of some miscreants. The deceased also known as Omopo was visiting a neighbouring community by a canoe to see a relative when he heard sporadic gunshots which made him and others in the area to run helter skelter in panic. The NDLEA officials nabbed Omopo by his trousers and he fell into the water while trying to escape from them.

 

Reports have it that a boatman, who attempted to save him, was said to have been threatened with guns, leading to the death of the victim.

 

When Punch's correspondent visited the community, he observed a crowd of residents and motorcyclists in the area, who had got wind of the news, at the riverside.

It was learnt that the victim, who graduated from a university in Ondo State, joined the National Union of Road Transport Workers in 2014, after he could not get a job. His family was resident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

A witness and friend of the victim, Tosin Oshin, said the NDLEA officials arrived around 10.45am.
He said:
 

“A boat operator, who was about to rescue him, was threatened with guns. Omopo raised his hand and asked for help, but they didn’t help him.”

Oshin said immediately the incident happened, the officials fled the community with two suspects.