Nigeria, June 6 -- A vigilante operative was on Thursday killed when gunmen invaded a vigilante facility in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east.

The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, happened early in the morning in Umunze Community, Orumba South Local Government Area of the state.

A resident of the community, who asked not to be named, told this newspaper that those attacked were members of Agunechemba, a vigilante group set up by the Anambra State Government in January.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday night.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the gunmen also set five operational vehicles ablaze during the attack.

"The security operatives in an att...