DSS officers beat policeman to death, following a disagreement

Corporal Fawale Rauf, a police officer attached to the Osun State Police Command, has allegedly died after he was allegedly beaten by three operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).

According to reports, the deceased was involved in a fisticuff with three unidentified personnel of the DSS on Thursday, January 14, around a popular bar at Oke-Fia area in Osogbo.

It was gathered that the deceased was smashed on the head with a stick several times by his assailant for yet to be known reasons. He was however taken to a private hospital by his friends and later discharged, but on developing further complications, he was referred to the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, where he eventually died on Sunday.

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Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the story but declined further comments.