By Valerie Oyibo-Itie
It was a sad incident that took place in Sapele as an apprentice in a carpenter workshop died after being beaten by his master for coming late to work.
It was gathered that the owner of a carpenter workshop along New Ogorode Road Sapele disciplined his apprentice for coming late to work.
The owner of the workshop, identified as Orunor later accused the apprentice of stealing his ATM card and in the process
When the apprentice got home after work, he complained to his parents that he is not feeling too fine and related 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 identified as Onome, died.
As the news got to the hearing of Orunor, 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 reported to the Police in Sapele and a police source confirm the incident, noting that the case is being investigated and all effort is being made to arrest Orunor that is on the run.
The carpenter workshop is situated at New Ogorode road, close to Sapele Clinic.
