Gunmen have killed several vigilantes in Oba, a community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, south-east Nigeria. A police operative was also reportedly killed in the attack.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the attack occurred on Sunday night.
How it happened
A resident of the community, who asked not to be named, told PREMIUM TIMES that the gunmen, who were operating in two Toyota Hilux pickup trucks, invaded a nightclub known as Porsche in the area.
He said the attackers had planned to abduct the proprietor of the nightclub but were resisted by the vigilantes and a police officer attached to the facility.
“They (the gunmen) got angry and started shooting the vigilante people and killed all of them. They also beheaded one of the vigilante people and cut off the leg of another vigilante member,” he said.
The resident was unsure of the number of the vigilantes killed by the attackers.
He, however, said at least nine of them, including a police…