A young apprentice, Okwudili Okoro, has given insight into why he murdered his master, Azubuike Okoro and his wife, Jacinta Okoro, in a fit of age when the couple were having their meal.
Last Saturday, Okwudili and his accomplice now on the run, barged into the home of his master, Azubuike, who also doubled as his blood brother, pulled two cutlasses hidden underneath their wears and hacked man and wife to death in a pool of blood.
Okwudili who is in the police net, said he elected to kill his brother and wife because the man refused to settle him after completing the presumably agreed three years apprenticeship.
It was learnt that he and his accomplice, Kenneth, fled the scene when their crime attracted the attention of residents, who raised an alarm but following a report of the incident by one Joseph Nwagu at the Sango Police Division, Okwudili was arrested.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed this in a statement, said the suspect claimed he killed his master for not settling him after serving for three years.
Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) added that the suspect was arrested when one Joseph Nwagu reported the crime to the police in Sango that Mr. Azuibike and his wife have been hacked to death.
According to the Police Spokesman in the state, Okwudili and Kenneth left their base in Sapon in Abeokuta, to commit the heinous crime at Ijako โ three Local Governments apart.
โUpon his report, the DPO Sango Division SP Nasirudeen Oyedele led detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested but his accomplice escaped.
โOn interrogation, the Ebonyi state born suspect claimed to have served his deceased elder brother for good three years, and when it was time for him to be settled, his brother kept on posting him from time to time.
โHe stated that when he realized that his brother is not ready to settle him, he contracted one Kenneth who is now on the run and they both bought two cutlasses, sharpened it to the edges and headed to his deceased elder brotherโs house in Ijako.
โOn getting there, they met the deceased eating with his wife and before he can utter a word, they descended heavily on them with the sharp cutlasses and matcheted them to death.
โThe two corpses have been taken to the general hospital Otta mortuary for post mortem examination.
โThe Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation,โ Oyeyemi stated
According to him, the fleeing accomplice of the suspect would be apprehended and brought to book within the shortest possible time.
