Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed two vigilantes at Umutu community in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, May 21, stated that the two men were killed while trying to foil the kidnapping of some persons in the community.
“It is confirmed that gunmen attempted to kidnap some persons in a community, and some members of the vigilante who saw them tried to encounter them, and in the process, the gunmen shot at them. We lost two of them (vigilantes), but nobody was eventually kidnapped,” he said.
Locals said that gunmen kidnapped three persons last Friday which made the vigilantes mobilise, comb the bushes and rescue the three kidnapped victims.
Two of the vigilantes, Mr. Monday Oliseneku and Festus Azowenubi, Oliseneku, who was shot in his stomach, was rushed to Asaba, the state capital due to lack of good hospitals in the community.
“On getting to Federal Medical Centre, they were on strike, so they had to locate any other hospital. But before any tangible services could be rendered, the man died due to extreme loss of blood,” a local said.
Oliseneku died on Saturday while Festus passed away on Sunday, May 21.
