Abuja, Nigeria: A Muslim mob on Saturday (Sunday in Manila)burned a vigilante to death in the Nigerian capital after an argument with a cleric who rallied his supporters against the man, police said.

It was not immediately clear if the murder in Abuja's Lugbe area was linked to blasphemy which has recently stoked religious tensions in Nigeria.

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