There was pandemonium in Oruma community in Ogbia Local Government of Bayelsa State when men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA storm the community with the intention to arrest drug peddlers.
Investigation reveals that the arrest occured on Wednesday 28 of August, 2024 about 3pm when the NDLEA officials invaded Oruma community to arrest a local who the drug enforcement body alleged to be involved in drug related activities.
According to sources in the community that while they were trying to arrest the accused, the youths resisted and immediately the NDLEA personnel opened fire which led to injury of four persons in the community who are currently receiving treatment in an hospital in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The NDLEA has refused to allow anyone from the community to visit the victims in the hospital thereby threatening to arrest anyone from Oruma community who tries to visit.
Youth President of Oruma community in a chat with correspondent Mr. Joshua Inebika-emi, said the youths in the community only requested to know why the accused was arrested without any form of notice from the community leaders.
He explained that Oruma community has over the years condemned drug dealers that there is law in the community not allowing anyone to smoke not to talk of hard drugs describing the act as unprofessional and barbaric.
Mr. Inebika-emi called on the state commander NDLEA and the Bayelsa State government to intervene, saying that they would not want to take laws into their hands because Oruma represent peace.
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