Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, a drug dealer in Lagos who crushed a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) official while evading arrest on Friday, has been declared wanted.

The NDLEA released a statement on Wednesday to notify the public that Kayode was at large.

According to NDLEA, Kayode used his car to crush one of its officers who went to his house in the Lekki area of Lagos State for a search and possible arrest on the grounds of illicit drug dealings.

The affected officer suffered multiple injuries all over his body and fractured both legs.

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NDLEA officials recovered 10.5 kilograms of loud in Kayode’s residence.

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Part of the agency’s statement reads, “Anti-narcotics officers of the Agency had on Friday 18th August stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni close, Lekki, Lagos for a search and possible arrest following credible intelligence that he was dealing in illicit drugs in his house.

“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 cars speed also pulled down the concrete wall of his neighbours compound and from there he dived out of the vehicle to escape.”