Family Demand Corpse Of Admission Seeker Killed By DSS Operative

The family of Temitope Johnson, a university admission seeker, who was allegedly killed in Osun State by an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), has demanded that his corpse be released.

It was gathered that the victim’s father, Segun, accused the state police command of keeping the family in the dark about the case.

The DSS Operative, simply identified as Bamidele stormed Ayope Area in Owode Ede with his colleagues on October 6, and shot indiscriminately after a resident called them to intervene on a dispute.

21-year-old Temitope was unfortunately killed while three of his friends were arrested and taken to the DSS office in Osogbo, the state capital.

According to PUNCH, the deceased’s family was reportedly chased out of the DSS office when they visited to check on him without knowing that he was dead.

His father said when all efforts to see his son proved abortive, he wrote a petition to the police against the DSS. He continued that upon the receipt of his petition, the police arrested Bamidele on November 26, but was released shortly after.

In an interview with PUNCH on Wednesday, Segun disclosed that the police authorities had refused to re-arrest the suspect, while the whereabouts of his son’s corpse remains unknown.

The Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, maintained that she is yet to be briefed on the case.