A vigilance member was on Wednesday morning shot dead by gunmen in Abba in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State.
According to reports, the victim, Fidelis Nnadi, was gunned down by the hoodlums along Okwelle-Umuezealaibe road after he left his village Ogwuaga to Okwelle to buy some items,
The gang of gunmen, it was gathered, had kidnapped a mother and child elsewhere and were passing through the road in the community when they ran into him.
They were said to have identified him as a security agent and shot him at close range immediately.