Tragedy struck in Sapele, Delta State Nigeria following the death of an apprentice in a carpenter’s workshop after receiving beating for reporting late to work.
It was gathered that the owner of a carpentering workshop located along New Ogorode Road Sapele allegedly disciplined his apprentice for coming late to work.
The owner of the workshop (names withheld) was said to have also accused the apprentice of stealing his ATM card and in the process began to beat him up.
When the apprentice got home after work, he complained to his parents that he was not feeling too fine and narrated what happened to him at his place of work.
The parents of the apprentice decided to take him to the hospital for checkup but before this arrangement could be concluded, the apprentice simply identified as Onome, died.
As the news got to the hearing of the workshop owner he took to his heels and as at the time of filing this report, he has not been seen and his workshop had been under lock and key.
The incident was eventually reported to the Police in Sapele and a police source confirmed the incident, noting that the case is being investigated and efforts are on to arrest the fleeing suspect.
*Credit: Valerie Oyibo-Itie, Delta State Ministry of Information Asaba
