Tenant Kills Landlord, Landlady, Sets House Ablaze in Uyo, Akwa Ibom

A tenant in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, allegedly set his residence ablaze, Monday, killing his landlord and landlady.

The house is located at Asuquo Eyo Street in Ifa Ikot Okpon, Uyo Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect, in his mid 40s, identified as Ime but popularly known as Shawa, was said to have threatened to burn down the house and kill his landlord and wife if they ejected him.

Ime, allegedly stabbed his landlord, Mr. Edem Akpan, and his wife, Affiong, to death, before setting the house ablaze.

Ms Emem Akpan, the deceased's daughter, said trouble started when her father asked Ime to quit his house.

Akpan said that the suspect refused to park out and threatened that if her father insisted on ejecting him, he would kill them and burn down the house.

She said: "We thought what he said was just a mere threat. None of us could believe that Ime was capable of doing what he said.

"Two days ago, we saw him bringing worn-out tyres into the compound. We didn't know he had a plan.

"Yesterday, before we left for church in the evening, he brought 20 litres of fuel, more than what his generator could contain.

"I remember a neighbour asking him what he was going to do with such amount of fuel, but he told him that he was going to run the generator overnight."

"What we saw this morning as we returned from church, that the fuel and worn-out tyres were weapons he used to kill my parents."

Culled from Vanguard