The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is in mourning following the sudden death of its Cross River State Commander, Chief Narcotics Officer Ogbonna Uzoma.
According to a statement on Friday by Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media & Advocacy, the late commander, who began his duty on August 18, 2025, was discovered lifeless in his hotel room in Calabar on Thursday after failing to show up for scheduled engagements.
Babafemi provided a detailed account of how Uzoma was found.
CN Ogbonna had been up and doing at his new Command and was billed to lead his officers on some scheduled engagements at 10am on Thursday 18th September 2025.
But when his officers didn’t hear from him by 9am, they went to his hotel room in company of the hotel staff while several knocks at his door and calls to his telephone line went unanswered.
“Attempts by the hotel staff to open or force the door open from outside failed, after which one of the attendants had to go through the ceiling aperture to enter the room and open the door from inside, where they found the Commander’s lifeless body.”
The state police were “promptly informed,” and Babafemi noted that the Commissioner of Police personally visited the scene, while the police continue with investigation of the cause of death.
In support of the inquiry, NDLEA Chairman, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (retd.), directed the Zonal Commander, Zone 14, ACGN Mathew Ewah, to relocate to Calabar.
While the cause of death is not yet known, the agency expressed its sympathy and commitment to a full investigation.
Marwa offered his condolences, saying, “The Agency stands with the family in this trying moment, and we pray that God will comfort them and grant the departed eternal rest.”
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