A resident of Iddo-Sarki, located along Airport Road in Abuja Municipal Area Council of the FCT has been reportedly killed by armed robbers who attacked the community in the early hours of Sunday.

Vigilante commander in charge of AMAC, John Samuel, while confirming the incident to Abuja Metro yesterday, said the victim was returning from his place of work when he heard one of his neighbours shouting and asking for help over a robbery operation in their compound.

He said, “The man parked his vehicle and started raising an alarm. The robbers surrounded him, shot and killed him.’’

He said members of the vigilante in Gui ward of AMAC, were alerted about the development and on getting to the location, the robbers fled the scene.

He said based on the information they received, the robbers were not able to get to the targeted compound, before they turned against the deceased, adding that both the recovered vehicle and the remains of its owner, were handed over to the police of Iddo-Sarki division.

The police at the division referred Abuja Metro to the FCT police command on the incident.

The spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report yesterday as her phone was switched off.