Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have shot dead two vigilantes in the Okpanam community, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
gathered that the suspected herders had abducted a woman and her daughter on Wednesday and members of the vigilante group went after them.
“Following the call, he mobilised and took two other vigilante members along with him and they went there on a motorcycle. “As they went into the bush, the gunmen shot at the motorcycle and the bullets hit Emeka and one of his colleagues, while the motorcyclist managed to crawl into the bush. She stated, “A woman and her daughter were kidnapped and the vigilantes in Okpanam were alerted and they pursued the kidnappers, but the hoodlums laid an ambush for them and shot two of them dead.
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