Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance has summoned the Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to appear before it on October 28, 2025, to explain its failure to comply with a directive to pay N200 million in compensation to the family of a two-year-old boy, Onosereba Omhonria, who was killed by a stray bullet during one of its raids.
The committee is also demanding answers on why the agency has not taken action to treat the victim’s younger brother, Eromonsele, who was shot in the eye during the same incident in Asaba, Delta State.
Expressing deep concern, the Committee Chairman, Senator Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), highlighted the deteriorating health of the surviving child.
“We called the parents of the child, and we had discussion with them that the NDLEA is yet to even speak with them, and the eye condition of the second child is deteriorating fast,” Senator Maidoki stated. He confirmed the committee has scheduled a meeting with the NDLEA to demand an explanation for the inaction.
The summons followed a petition to the Senate, which led the upper chamber to direct the NDLEA to pay the N200 million compensation for the death of Onosereba and fully fund medical treatment for Eromonsele, preferably abroad.
The committee chairman emphasized the urgency, noting the Senate’s resolution specified the funds should be sourced from the service-wide vote. “We intend to brief the Senate President today so that he can use his office to speak to the President of this country,” he added, calling the situation sad and pathetic.
The lawyer for the family, while thanking the Senate for its intervention, described the NDLEA as a very unwilling house.
He urged decisive action, stating, “It is now the time for the Senate to enforce their resolution without fear or favour. That is the only way we will get the real justice of this case.”
The committee vowed to ensure the Senate’s resolutions are fully implemented.
Senate frown at NDLEA over unpaid N200m compensation to the family of the boy killed in raid
Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance has summoned the Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to appear before it on October 28, 2025, to explain its failure to comply with a directive to pay N200 million in compensation to the family of a two-year-old boy, Onosereba Omhonria, who was killed by a stray bullet during one of its raids.
The committee is also demanding answers on why the agency has not taken action to treat the victim’s younger brother, Eromonsele, who was shot in the eye during the same incident in Asaba, Delta State.
Expressing deep concern, the Committee Chairman, Senator Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), highlighted the deteriorating health of the surviving child.
“We called the parents of the child, and we had discussion with them that the NDLEA is yet to even speak with them, and the eye condition of the second child is deteriorating fast,” Senator Maidoki stated. He confirmed the committee has scheduled a meeting with the NDLEA to demand an explanation for the inaction.
The summons followed a petition to the Senate, which led the upper chamber to direct the NDLEA to pay the N200 million compensation for the death of Onosereba and fully fund medical treatment for Eromonsele, preferably abroad.
The committee chairman emphasized the urgency, noting the Senate’s resolution specified the funds should be sourced from the service-wide vote. “We intend to brief the Senate President today so that he can use his office to speak to the President of this country,” he added, calling the situation sad and pathetic.
The lawyer for the family, while thanking the Senate for its intervention, described the NDLEA as a very unwilling house.
He urged decisive action, stating, “It is now the time for the Senate to enforce their resolution without fear or favour. That is the only way we will get the real justice of this case.”
The committee vowed to ensure the Senate’s resolutions are fully implemented.
