A young man, Osunniyi Olumide, has accused officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of operating like armed robbers in Ado-Ekiti.

Olumide, Special Assistant to a member of the House of Representatives, said about five NDLEA officers entered his compound in the Moferere area of the state capital at 4:30am on Friday, February 12, and started banging on his door, threatening to break it if he did not open.  

“I was with my woman in the house when I heard several loud bangs on my door. I thought it was armed robbers, so I quickly switched the light off. They ordered me to open the door. They said they were NDLEA officers and that they would break the door if I didn’t open. I hesitated initially, thinking they could be robbers pretending to be law enforcement agents. When I eventually opened, I saw five of them,” he told FIJ.

“They asked what I was hiding, and then three of them entered the house and scattered everywhere, searching for what was not lost. After they couldn’t find anything, they told me it was their normal routine check.”

Olumide stated that he could have shot at the intruders if he had a registered fire arm, not knowing that they were government agents.  

“I remembered locking the gate the previous night. That means one of then must have jumped the fence to open it from within. I could have shot at them if I was armed, thinking they were armed robbers,” he said.

Olumide revealed that his wife who had never experienced such a thing was so terrified that she suffered panic attack after the incident.

“That’s the way they operate in Ado-Ekiti,” said Olumide. “Many people complained about them in December, last year. They enter houses randomly and put people in fear.  My wife remained terrified even after they had left. She suffered panic attack.”