NDLEA Loses Cross River Commander 1 Month After Deployment

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the abrupt decease of its Cross River State Commander, CN Ogbonna Maurice Uzoma.

The study of his decease was brought to the attraction of the chairman/chief enforcement serviceman of the Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) successful Maiduguri, Borno State, wherever helium was attending a retreat for Heads of Agencies, organised by the Federal Ministry of Justice.

The precocious Commander was precocious appointed and posted to instrumentality implicit enactment of the Cross River State Command of the Agency. He resumed connected August 18, 2025, and took a impermanent accommodation successful a edifice successful Calabar pending erstwhile helium settles into a befitting accommodation.

A connection signed by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, successful Abuja, connected Friday, said CN Ogbonna had been up and doing astatine his caller Command and was billed to pb his officers connected immoderate scheduled engagements astatine 10am connected Thursday September 18, 2025, “but erstwhile his officers didn’t perceive from him by 9am, they went to his edifice country successful institution of the edifice unit portion respective knocks astatine his doorway and calls to his telephone enactment went unanswered.

“Attempts by the edifice unit to unfastened oregon unit the doorway unfastened from extracurricular failed, aft which 1 of the edifice attendants had to spell done the ceiling aperture to participate the country and unfastened the doorway from inside, wherever they recovered the Commander’s lifeless body.

“The Police Command successful the authorities was promptly alerted aft which the Commissioner of Police personally visited the country portion the constabulary proceed with probe of the origin of death.

“To assistance constabulary investigation, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency has since directed the Zonal Commander, Zone 14 Command of NDLEA, ACGN Mathew Ewah to relocate to Calabar.”

He added that portion commiserating with the household of the deceased elder officer, Marwa said the Agency stands with the household successful this trying moment, and prayed that God volition comfortableness them and assistance the departed eternal rest.