Soldiers arrested over ‘killing of DSS operative’ in Ekiti

Some soldiers have been arrested in Ekiti state over the alleged killing of an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Sunday Abutu, spokesman of the Ekiti police command, confirmed the incident on Saturday.

Abutu said the DSS operative was murdered in a hotel in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Friday night.

According to him, the detective was killed during an argument with some soldiers.

It was, however, not clear what led to the argument between the soldiers and the DSS officer.

The police spokesman added that the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue, while the officers alleged to be involved have been arrested.

“I can confirm we heard that the DSS operative was killed during a hot argument with some soldiers yesterday (Friday) evening,” he said.

“The deceased’s corpse has been deposited in the morgue and I can assure you that the perpetrators of the murder have also been arrested.

“Let me also add that our detectives have started investigation and we will get to the root of the matter.”

This development comes less than a year after Nigerians protested against brutality of security personnel.