By John Ugo
Tragedy has enveloped residents of Akure South local government area of Onfp state as a 20-year-old apprentice, Josiah Godwin allegedly hacked his master Savior Joseph, to death.
Besides killing the boss, the suspect also dumped the corpse of his boss in a well filled with water.
The incident happened at Imafon Community, in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state
It was learnt that trouble started when the deceased, who specialized in fixing POP asbestos smashed the phone of the apprentice on the floor over unsettled dispute.
Narrating the incident, to Journalists in Akure on Thursday, the elder brother of the deceased, Odey Julius Ogbaji said the body of the 27-year-old deceased was found four days ago in a well at the site where the deceased and the apprentice went to work at Imafon Community.
His words: “Last week Tuesday, the deceased called me in the morning where we spoke but on Wednesday, I tried his number but couldn’t get through, I thought he had a flat battery. It was on Saturday that I was called by another younger brother of mine which the deceased followed who briefed me on the how efforts to reach the deceased has been abortive.
“Afterwards, the deceased apprentice was contacted. When they got the boy, they asked him about the whereabouts of his master and he said his boss woke him up at night, collected his phone smashed it on the floor and began to beat him and later asked him to sleep.
“He said, the following day, he decided to leave the site. So, we asked him, how would he wake up in the morning without seeing his boss and he left the site? He said, he thought his master went to the toilet when he left.
“When we checked the phone he said had been smashed on the floor by the deceased, there was no scratch on it. Aside that, you switched off your phone and you didn’t report to anybody”, he explained.
Also, an in-law to the deceased, Mr Ogar Julius said the suspect has been arrested and transferred to the Police Criminal Investigative Department (CID), at the Policy headquarters, Akure.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisayan confirmed the incident.
