24-Year-Old Apprentice Kills Master, Dumps Corpse Inside Well
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Josiah Godwin, a twenty-four-year-old, apprentice is currently cooling his feet
in police custody after he allegedly killed his master in the Imafon community
in Ondo state.
Mr Godwin, who was arrested by detectives on
Thursday, was alleged to have murdered Savior Joseph, who specializes in fixing
POP/asbestos, and dumped his corpse inside a deep well.
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An elder
brother of the late Mr Joseph, who simply identified himself as, Ogar Julius,
told journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital, that Mr Joseph was killed
while working at a site in the community.
Mr Julius said the
deceased had earlier been declared missing by family members since last week
Wednesday.
“We spoke on Tuesday morning and by Wednesday I noticed
his phone line was no longer connecting. I even thought he had a flat battery. I
was worried.
“I began to ask people around him if they know his
whereabouts till on Saturday the youngest of all of us called that he hasn’t
been seen despite the search too,” Mr Julius narrated.
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He added that
Mr Joseph’s apprentice (Godwin) was later contacted to inquire about the
whereabouts of his boss but he said he left him at the site.
“We got
in touch with the boy and asked the whereabouts of his master from him. He began
to narrate how his boss woke him up at night; collected his phone, smashed it on
the floor, beat him, and before asking him to return to sleep.
“As a
result of that, he told us he decided to leave the site the next day. We
couldn’t buy into his story and we immediately suspected him and started
wondering how an apprentice would wake up and not see his boss in the morning.”
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According to Mr Julius, the mobile phone of the apprentice was
checked to confirm if it was smashed on the floor by the deceased.
“Surprisingly,
no single scratch was found on his phone.”
He added “Aside from
that, we asked why he’d switched off his phone and would not report what
happened between him and his boss to anybody. Later, we reported him to the
police and he was arrested.”
Confirming the arrest to Peoples
Gazette, the police spokeswoman in Ondo, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said the
suspect was already helping the police with investigation over the crime.
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“Yes, the suspect is in our custody and we have been able to
establish that he killed his boss and threw his corpse inside the well,” Mrs
Odunlami-Omisanya added, “So, after further investigation, he would be charged
to court.”
The Gazette, however, learned that the corpse of Mr
Joseph has been exhumed from the well and deposited at the morgue.
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This is terrible
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