NSCDC officer kills DSS operative in Osun

AN officer in the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Sunday Dada had reportedly shot dead Seyi Adebowale, an operative of the Department of the State Services (DSS).

Sunday, who has been detained, killed Seyi while both men were on official duty.
It was gathered that the incident occurred in Kuta town on September 15, during the visit of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, to Osun State.

The two men and other security personnel were said to have returned to the palace of Olowu Kuta late in the evening, after completing their duties, which involved escorting Buratai to the places he visited during the trip to the state.

As a result of the injuries sustained, Adebowale, who was said to have been hit in the lower abdomen, later died at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Monday, September 28, after undergoing two surgical procedures.

The deceased, it was further learnt, was buried on Friday in Ogun State.
But the spokesperson for the Osun command of the NSCDC, Daniel Adigun ascribed the killiing to “an operational error”