One Killed, Two Injured As Hunters Shoot Vigilantes In Error

Started by Shola Sholaz, Aug 08, 2013, 07:21 AM

Shola Sholaz

It was a case of the hunter being hunted in Yagba West Local Government Area, Kogi State, Monday, as one of two sets of vigilante groups deployed to a crime zone fell to the bullets of another who mistook their colleagues for robbers, leaving one dead and two others badly wounded.
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Eye witness accounts of the tragedy which occurred between Okunran and Okoloke communities were unanimous that the incident followed a tip off that highway robbers were operating along Egbe-Pategi federal road, dispossessing travellers of valuables.
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Following the tip-off, it was gathered that a distress call from the local vigilantes in Okoloke was made to the local government council, which responded by mobilizing more vigilantes from neighbouring Odo-Ere, the council headquarters and Egbe, the commercial nerve centre of the council, for reinforcement.
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A team of vigilantes, numbering 12, immediately reported to the police divisional office at Odo-Ere before embarking on the rescue mission.

Folami David

All this violence will only result into nothing else but DEATH...Can't we see that already? So why do we still engage in it???