32-year-old vigilante identified as Mujahid Ibrahim operating at Dei-Dei community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), accidentally shot himself while trailing a suspect in the area.

According to Daily Trust, the bullets from his rifle injured him around his feet, with at least seven cartridges extracted from his body.

He was said to be awaiting x-ray results for the possibility of more cartridges in his body.

The incident took place around 12 am in the early hours of Wednesday, April2, 2025 when the victim and his colleague intercepted a resident in the neighbourhood, they were guarding for working at late hours.

Speaking at the Kubwa General Hospital, where he was rushed to, Ibrahim said the suspect came around 12 am against the 11 pm, which was agreed upon by the members of the community.

“My colleague, who attended to him, tried in vain to make him understand the rule, but instead for him to cooperate, he resorted to violence and in an effort to scare him, I cooked my rifle pointing toward the sky. I later withdrew the rifle back to my shoulder, but forgot to pull it back and in the process of running toward him as the man was having a scuffle with my colleague, the gun fired out some bullets that hit me around my feet,’’ he said.

Also speaking, his colleague, who accompanied him to the hospital, Ben Isaac, said following the incident, the resident in question disappeared but his elder brother has taken all the responsibilities including the treatment charges.

He added that a 24-hour warning was issued to him to appear or get arrested.