The police are seeking a shop owner who reportedly beat his apprentice to death over missing N1000.
The suspect, identified as Alloy, beat his 12-year-old apprentice, identified as Sunday to death.
DailyTrust reports that preliminary investigations by the police reveal that Alloy was accused by his neighbours of beating the apprentice to death over his missing N1000 at No 2 Salako street off Oyo Agoro street in Ogba, Lagos State on January 10.
A neighbour, James Agwu, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect owns a cooking gas refilling shop in the area and has about three apprentices working with him. He alleged that they woke up in the middle of the night to hear the deceased screaming as a result of the severe torture being inflicted on him by the suspect.
“All efforts by neighbours to make him stop fell on deaf ears, as the beating and screaming continued till about 3 am when the boy stopped shouting.
“Some of us thought the boy had stopped crying because his master stopped torturing him. We got to know of his death around 9 am the same day,” he explained.
One of the apprentices, who identified himself as John, said their boss accused the deceased of stealing his money.
“Our Oga woke Sunday up around midnight and started flogging him. He locked me up in the next room while the beating lasted. In the morning, I saw Sunday lying down in a corner. I thought he was sleeping. My Oga and I left for shop around 7 am. While at the shop, he removed all the money that was kept in a safe. He said he was going to buy Sunday some medicine. I never knew that he was running away” John said.
Meanwhile, the case has been transferred from Pen-Cinema Police Station to the Homicide section of SCID.
Find the full picture of the late apprentice below. (Distressing)
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