Drama As Tenants Flog Their Landlord For Stealing

A drama recently played out between tenants of Waddle Street, Calabar South local government area of Cross River State, and their landlord, Mr Obong Ete, after the tenants accused the landlord of stealing.

Naija News gathered the tenants on Sunday, flogged the landlord with horsewhips over allegations of stealing items, including food items from them.

As reported by Leadership, the incident happened about one hour before the tenants were to depart for church.

Some of the tenants quoted to have spoken about the incident said the landlord is probably cursed as stealing from tenants and other neighbours has become a habit for him.

Residents of the area complained that the 30-year-old landlord, who is still a bachelor, had been terrorizing them almost every night.

A resident of the area, Mr Daniel Akpan, accused the landlord of stealing food items such as yam from his tenants despite possessing his late parents’ inheritance.

“Obong Ete has been doing this for a long time. It is good that he is again publicly disgraced. He doesn’t want to repent. Many times, youth leaders and vigilante groups have traced stolen items to his apartment and beaten him up. I am surprised that he has refused to change,” he said.

Another tenant, Esther Eyo, said, “We learnt from his family that he once stole from a church, and worshippers laid curses on him. This might probably be why he can’t even control himself.”

Also, another individual, Stanley Edem, who is also a tenant in the area, said the landlord had once burgled their houses and that curses were placed on him.

Naija News gathered the landlord was subsequently handed over to the Mbukpa police station after receiving severe beatings.

However, the Cross River Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Irene Ugbo condemned the beating of the landlord by the youths, stressing that they should have just arrested the accused and hand him over to the police for necessary action, as no one has the right to take the law into his hands.