A 40 year old man, Ime, has killed his landlord Edem Akpan and his wife Affiong after he was given a quit notice to pack out of their house located at suquo Eyo Street in Ifa Ikot Okpon, Uyo Local Government Area of the state.
The man reportedly committed the atrocity on Sunday after others living in the house had gone to church.
According to Emem Akpan, the deceased’s daughter, Ime had threatened to burn down the house should he be asked to leave, yet nobody took his threats seriously.
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.”