[dropcap]O[/dropcap]wner of Total Filling station along the summit road in Asaba whose name was given as Kingsley Nwani together with his brother Nwayor Nwani have allegedly been killed on Sunday evening by their elder brother, Aniemeka Nwani who is in his 30s over the ownership of properties. The Nwani family of Issele-Uku in Aniocha Local Government Area of the state is an independent marketer of petroleum products in the Delta capital.
Grassroots Publishers gathered from a family source on Monday that Aniemeka killed his brothers one of whom was an undergraduate with a machete. A close friend of the family said, “ever since their father died, the brothers have been fighting over properties especially the Total filling station. Kingsley Nwani has been the one running it and their mum loves the two younger brothers and favours them more than the older one. So when the older brother noticed that he is losing out, he killed both of them with knife by cutting their neck and Kingsley died immediately while the other brother was rushed to the hospital and died also”.
Another source who pleaded anonymity did not give details but said the three brothers and their widowed mother had a family meeting before the ugly incident.He said however that the man (Aniemeka) had been a patient at a psychiatric home in Uselu in Edo State.
He said the widow, a Permanent Secretary in the Delta civil service, had returned from Canada where the daughter lives two weeks ago, after a medical check-up when the incident occurred.
Grassroots Publishers gathered that the suspect is presently at large and the filling station is under lock and key.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Delta, (DSP) Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the incident and described it as tragic.