From Bola Ojuola,Akure
A 20-year-old apprentice, Josiah Godwin has allegedly hackeddown his master Savior Joseph, and dumped his corpse in a well at Imafon Community, in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state .
The suspect according to the Ondo Police command spokesperson, Mrs Funmi Odunlami is now cooling his heels behind police bars..
The duo were said to have gone to do a job at Imafon where the incident happened.
It was gathered that trouble started when the 27 year old deceased, who specializes 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, theelder brother of the deceased, Odey Julius Ogbaji said the the27-year-old deceased body 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, until Saturday that 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.
“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 your boss and you left the site? He said, he thought his master went to the toilet when he left.
“When we checked the phone he said to have 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 spokesperson did not only confirmed the story, she said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded on the matter.
