20th September, 2023
By Bosede Olufunmi
A 37-year-old man, Umar Ayuba suffocated to death inside a well he fell into while trying to retrieve some clothes in the Kawon Maigari community of Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
Ayuba was asked to help retrieve some women’s wrappers that fell inside a well,
But he fell inside the well and got suffocated inside due to the lack of oxygen, the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, said.
Abdullahi said that the incident occurred on Tuesday evening.
“We received an emergency call at about 5:20 p.m. from one Mamuda Abdallah, who said that a man had been trapped inside a well.
“We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 5:32 p.m.,’’ he said.
Abdullahi further said that Ayuba was asked to help retrieve some women’s wrappers that fell inside a well.
According to him, the victim got suffocated inside due to the lack of oxygen.
“He was brought out of the well unconscious and handed over to Insp. Adamu Sani of Hotoro Police Division,” the police spokesman said.
He said that the man was conveyed to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival at the faciltiy by a doctor on duty.
(NAN)
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