Nigeria, July 30 -- Some residents of Odigbo, in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, took the law into their own hands by lynching a 26-year-old man, identified as Daniel, after he was alleged to have beheaded his 15-year-old brother, Emmanuel, for ritual purposes.

They were both sons of a senior police officer serving in the community.

Receiving the report of the ritual killing, irate youth, in a move for vengeance, took Daniel and put him to death.

According to a resident, Roland Akinkunmi, Daniel had lured Emmanuel to the banks of the Origbara River, a secluded area in the community, and then severed his head.

"An indigene of the town who was trying to cross the river saw Daniel trying to conceal a human head in a black bag...