A 63-year-old grandfather, identified as Pa. Taiwo Ojo, has revealed how he killed his apprentice in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory.
According to the Sun, Pa Ojo, who is a panel beater and sprayer, was reported to have allegedly killed his apprentice, setting the remains on fire but arrested while trying to bury the remains in a shallow grave.
It was also reported that the incident happened on the 23rd of December, 2022.
In an interview with journalists, the suspect said he never meant to snuff life out of the young man, said that he acted in self defence, when he thought the deceased wanted to kill him.
He said: “What happened was that I have one job man that is working under me and he is always smoking Indian hemp and I have been warning him to stop, but he refused.
“On several occasions he had been arrested by the police and I always go to the station to beg for his release. This has been going on for a very long time.
“So, on this particular day, he started smoking again in the hot afternoon and I got angry and told him that despite all the advice that I have given to him, he doesn’t want to respect me and stop. I approached him and asked him why he wante to destroy his life when we have a job to do because we had a lot of work on that day.
“With the anger in me, I hit him on the hand where he held the weed and he fell down. Immediately he fell down, he brought out a black gun and threatened to shoot me and I screamed and hit him on the hand and the gun fell off from his hand, he picked it and ran away. When he left, I started doing the work that we were supposed to be doing together at the workshop.
“Few minutes later, I saw him coming back to the shop and heading towards me; I was afraid and I thought he still had the gun in his hand not knowing he wasn’t carrying the gun, so I rushed and a picked a log of wood and hit him very hard on the face and he died on the spot.
“When I saw that he had died, I put his body in between banana trees around my shop because I used to farm in the bush around there and I used sand to cover his legs. I then went and got petrol and matches, poured it on the body and burnt it.
“Some people saw me while I was putting the body there and went to report to the police who came to arrest me. The incident happened on December 23.
“I am married with children and this is nothing but the handiwork of the devil because I have not slept since the day of the incident. My wife and children are in my village at Idumu, in Kogi State; they don’t know that I am in trouble.”
