Breaking News: One Killed, 5 Houses Set Ablaze In Nkpor, Anambra state Over Non Payment of PHCN Bill

www.odogwublog.com reports exclusively that the tensed situation in Nkpor, Idemili North Local
Government Area, Anambra State between Landlords and tenants over payment of electricity bills and usage of electricity appliances yesterday degenerated into a fight which left at least one person allegedly dead and about five houses set ablaze by irate mob.

www.odogwublog.com gathered that trouble started when a tenant simply identified as David was attacked by a landlord and his family for allegedly not being able to offset his electricity bill.

As the tenant was being beaten, one of the landlord's son, Tochukwu, stabbed the tenant with a knife from the back and the knife pierced through and surfaced at his stomach and he allegedly slumped and died.

But before the stabbing, the landlord’s daughter had earlier hit the tenant with electric pressing iron on his face which made him to lose some of his teeth.

On noticing that the tenant has died sympathizers and passers-by mobilized, turned into a mob and set five houses and a car belonging to the landlord ablaze.

Consequently, tenants who lived in some of the houses quickly removed their properties before the mob set the entire houses ablaze despite efforts made by the Police to stop them for setting the houses ablaze.


Contacted, the Ogidi Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mr. Hassan Musa confirmed the incident adding that the landlord has been arrested and case file transferred to the State Intelligent and Investigation Bureau, SIIB, Awka for further investigation.

He said, "I was there with my DCO throughout to stop the angry mob from destroying or setting the houses ablaze but they eventually scaled the wall through the back and set them ablaze".
"The corpse of the victim has been deposited at Iyi-enu Morgue and we are looking for the suspect and his sister that hit the deceased with pressing iron", DPO stated.
As at the time of filing this report some tenants were seen packing their properties out of the premises under Police watch.




PIX:    A cross section of the houses set ablaze and car