The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has launched a manhunt for a Lekki Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Kayode, who is now on the run after crushing an NDLEA officer with his luxury car.
Kayode hit the Officer while attempting to escape arrest when NDLEA officers stormed his house based on intelligence that he was dealing in illicit drugs there.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi made the development known in a statement, noting that the suspect dived out of the vehicle to escape.
He added that a thorough search of his apartment however led to the recovery of 10.5 kilograms of Loud, while the operative knocked down suffered multiple injuries all over his body and compound fracture on his two legs.
The statement indicated that Chairman, NDLEA, Buba Marwa had directed the deployment of appropriate operational assets of the agency to smoke out the wanted suspect from his hiding.
