Apprentice allegedly kills mentor with pestle in Anambra state
A 21-year-old apprentice, Chiemerie Anieke, has allegedly killed his mentor Ikechukwu Nwite with pestle in Fegge, an urban community in the Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Penpushing reports that the sources explained that incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, when the apprentice struck the man Nwite, on the head with the pestle after an earlier altercation.
The sources added that the deceased, a medicine dealer, had been complaining that the apprentice usually returned to the house late at night, adding that the latest incident occurred when the apprentice returned late on Saturday night and was asked by the deceased to return to where he had come from.
“He (Nwite) came back in the night, and his other apprentices told him that Chiemerie hadn’t returned. He instructed the apprentices to inform him whenever Chiemerie returned. When Chiemerie came back around 12 a.m., the apprentices informed their master, who then instructed Chiemerie to return to where he was coming from that night’, the sources stated.
‘He didn’t know the boy had a plan. The boy went and hid behind the kitchen, and immediately the master entered inside, he struck the master with a pestle, and he died,” the source, who asked not to be named, narrated in Igbo language’, he added.
Penpushing further reports that the male source said that the wife of the deceased, Ogechukwu Nwite, attempted to help her husband, but the apprentice also attacked her with the same pestle.
“The lady (wife of the deceased) is currently in New Hope Hospital, Onitsha. But we have deposited the master’s body in the mortuary now. That’s where we are coming from,” he added.
Penpushing also reports that the Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, adding that the suspect has been arrested as at the time of filing this report
“Preliminary information reveals that the suspect was allegedly provoked by the manner in which the late Ikechukwu admonished him over his bad behaviour, including pilfering money meant for the shop, staying out late at night, and taking drugs’, Ikenga said.
Penpushing reports that the Superintendent of Police, said the police have recovered the pestle from the scene adding that Nwite’s wife was currently responding to treatment at the hospital, disclosing that the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, for a comprehensive investigation and to ensure that justice is served.
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