Nigeria, March 15 -- A yet-to-be-identified man has been set ablaze by gunmen who attacked the office of Anambra State Vigilante Group in Amichi, a community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria's south-east.

The incident happened at about 7 a.m. on Thursday, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

Residents told this newspaper that the attackers, in their numbers, entered the community headed to the security office and engaged vigilante operatives in a shootout.

The hoodlums operated in two vehicles - white Sienna and one SUV - according to residents.

One of the residents who identified himself simply as Uche Okoye said the vigilante operatives abandoned their Sienna vehicle and fled the scene, prompting the gunmen to set t...