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Tension as Vigilante Chairman Beaten to Death for Killing Colleague in Ughelli South

There is currently tension in Ughevwughe community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State as the vigilante Chairman was allegedly beaten to death for accidentally killing his colleague at a burial ceremony.It was gathered the deceased vigilante Chairman, identified as Lucky was shooting sporadically at a burial ceremony of a Chief Priest on Saturday when one of the bullets hits his colleague, Mr Emmanuel whose surname could not be ascertained.According to sources, There was a burial ceremony of the community Chief Priest and the vigilante Chairman came and started shooting, in the process a stray bullet hits another vigilante person, Emmanuel. "He died immediately from the gun shot and his family members mobilized to the house of the vigilante Chairman, where he was beaten to death as retaliation.A senior security source from the State Police Command confirm the incident. The security source said, "They were in a burial, the vigilantes Chairman, Lucky (full name not known) shot sporadically and a bullet hit a fellow member of the vigilantes, Emmanuel."This resulted in the death of Emmanuel and consequently the family of Emmanuel mobilized and beat up the vigilante Chairman, Mr Lucky to death."There is tension in the area and police have been drafted to the community in other to restore peace." The anonymous security source revealed.Contacted on phone, Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe could not respond to messages as at time of filling the report.