Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The police in Ondo State have taken into custody a 20-year-old apprentice who allegedly killed his master and dumped the corpse in a well.

The incident occurred in Imafon in the Akure South Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect, Josiah Godwin, served the deceased, Saviour Joseph, as an apprentice in POP asbestos works in the area.

Sources said the suspect killed his master in a brawl over a telephone handset.

The master was said to have destroyed the apprentice's handset, leading to the fatal brawl.

A relative of the deceased, Odey Ogbaji, told journalists in Akure on Thursday that the body of Mr Joseph, who was 27, was found on Sunday in a well at a building site where the two had gone to work at Imafon....