Uloko Laurenta, a female outgoing student of Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, was allegedly shot dead by a member of a community vigilante group who was at the scene to provide security for the students during a graduation party.

The students, after writing their last paper on Thursday, had invited the vigilante members, to help secure the place for a party organised to celebrate the successful completion of their Higher National Diploma (HND) programme.

An eyewitness narrated: “While the celebration was going on, the vigilante member tried to fire his gun but failed. So he wanted to inspect the gun to know why it did not fire only for the gun to go off in the process. The bullet hit the girl in the process and she died before help could come"