Josiah Godwin, an apprentice based in Akure, the capital City of Ondo State has allegedly hacked down his master, Savior Joseph and dumped his corpse inside a well.
The incident happened at Imafon Community, in Akure South Local Government Area of the state.
According to reports, trouble started when the deceased, who specialized in fixing POP smashed the phone of the apprentice on the floor over unsettled dispute.
Narrating the incident in Akure, the elder brother of the deceased, Odey Julius Ogbaji said the 27-year-old deceased’s body was found four days ago in a well at the site where he went to work alongside his apprentice.
His words: “Last week Tuesday, the deceased called me in the morning and we spoke but on Wednesday, I tried his number but couldn’t get through. I thought he had a flat battery, until Saturday that I was called by another younger brother of mine who told me he had been making efforts to reach him (the deceased) as well.
“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 smatch 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 will 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 claimed to have been smashed on the floor by the deceased, there was no scratch on it. Aside that, he switched off his phone and 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 state Police Public Relations OfficerFunmilayo Odunlami-Omisayan is however yet to respond to the development.
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