Josiah Godwin, a 20-year-old apprentice has allegedly killed his master, Savior Joseph, and dumped his corpse in a well in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The incident, LEADERSHIP Friday gathered occurred at Imafon Community, in Akure South local government area of the state
A source told our correspondent that trouble started when the deceased, who specialises in fixing Plaster of Paris (PoP) asbestos, smashed Godwin’s phone on the floor over a minor disagreement.
Narrating the incident to LEADERSHIP Friday yesterday, the elder brother of the deceased, Odey Julius Ogbaji, said the master’s body was found four days ago in a well at the site where the deceased and the apprentice went to work at Imafon Community.
According to him, “On Tuesday last week, 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, until Saturday when I was called by another younger brother of mine which the deceased followed briefing 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.
The police public relations officer Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisayan, was not available at the time of filing this report.
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