The Police in Abia State on Friday said 11 personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) who allegedly raided the drug section of Ariaria Market, Aba, on July 31, had been arrested.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Udeviotu Onyeke, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba.
It will be recalled that in the raid on drug hotspot popularly known as ‘’Black kingdom’’ allegedly carried out a combined team of NDLEA, Army and the Police, two persons were confirmed dead, while six others sustained various degrees of bullet wounds.
Onyeke said that the suspects, though participated in the raid, may not be responsible for the killings, explaining that they were all taken into custody to aid investigations.
He said that the investigation may not be completed quickly because the persons involved were security agents and not ordinary civilians.
According to him, if the investigations are done hurriedly, it may not bring satisfactory result, which is not what the people want.
The PPRO said that any of the suspects found liable may not be taken straight to court for trial ‘’because they are security agents’’.
‘’They will first go through certain internal procedures and punishments by their organisations before they can be turned-in for court trials.
“So, I urge the people to be patient so that the investigations will be done thoroughly and with satisfactory results,” he said.
