Nigeria, June 14 -- Lateef Adeniyi was sleeping in his room late on Saturday night, June 5, when he heard the sound of gunshots.

As the head of the Vigilante Group in Igangan community, he hurriedly stood from his bed and fetched his gun.

His family members wished him well as he stepped out of the house.

It was the last time they saw him.

"My husband went out, as usual, to protect the community from external attack when the Fulani's invaded Igangan late Saturday night. By Sunday morning, we woke up to receive his remains," Fatima Adeniyi, wife of the deceased, told our correspondent.

Mr Adeniyi left behind two wives and eight children.

The immediate elder brother of the deceased, Waheed Adeniyi, said: "my sibling spent his life defe...