Lauretta Apaume, a banking and finance graduating student at the Auchi Polytechnic, Edo, has been accidentally shot dead while dancing at her graduation party.
The young lady was reportedly killed on Friday, by a member of the Auchi vigilante group, who was invited to guarantee safety of the students.
According to eyewitnesses Lauretta, was killed by a stray bullet from a yet to be identified vigilante.
The witness said that the vigilante attempted to fire some shots into the air as part of the celebration but the bullet failed to come out.
"The vigilante was lowering the gun to know why it failed to release bullet after firing and in the process the bullet discharge itself and accidentally killed the girl who was dancing on the spot
"The incident caused panic as the celebrating students scampered for safety but the suspects was later arrested by the police."
Confirming the incident, Commissioner of Police in Benin; Babatunde Johnson Kokumo, said :
"The vigilance men, according to the report of the divisional police officer on ground, had been invited by the students and it was in the night.
"It was clearly a misadventure; it was not an intentional killing as there is no record of any sort that there had been malice between the late student or any student for that matter and the vigilance men. So, the vigilance man had an accidental discharge so to say while the celebration was on,"
"The suspect is already in custody, assuring that the police are doing everything to pacify the students so that there would be no reprisal attack on innocent citizens."
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