A young man has been shot dead by gunmen after being attacked on Friday (yesterday) in Benin, Edo state capital. It was gathered that the gun-wielding hoodlums stormed the residence of the deceased identified as ‘Don Baba’ and shot him multiple times.

A Vehicle belong to the dead victim was also vandalise by the gunmen during the attack.

The killing is coming days after the deceased celebrated his birthday (on Tuesday).

His corpse has been deposited at a mortuary in Benin.

Just recently, a young man was shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Edo state.

The deceased identified as Gaius Julius, a graduate of Civil engineering at Auchi Polytechnic, was allegedly killed by the gunmen who attacked him in an alleged case of mistaken identity.