A tragic incident occurred on Sunday at Fegge in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State, when an 18-year-old apprentice killed his master with a pestle during an altercation.
It was gathered that the apprentice, identified as Chiemerie, allegedly attacked the boss, identified simply as Iyke, when his boss scolded him over his attitude of piffering money and taking drugs.
According to eyewitnesses in the area, the victim was a businessman operating at the popular Ogbo-Ogwu Bridgehead Medicine Market in Onitsha.
One of the eyewitnesses said, “The 18-year-old boy from Ebonyi State picked a mortar pestle from the kitchen and hit his master on the head during an altercation on Sunday evening.
“The incident shook the residents of the entire area. The victim, identified simply as Iyke, was rushed to the hospital, but could not survive the situation.
“The victim was a trader at Ogbo Ogwu Market, one of the city’s major trading hubs”.
