43-year-old man dies while dredging well in Kwara

Date: 2023-09-06

A 43-year-old man on Tuesday fell into a well and died in the Egbejila area, Ilorin in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The man, whose remains were recovered from the well by men of the Kwara State Fire Service, was identified as Abdulqadir Murtala of a compound opposite the Oniguguru compound, the Oko-Erin area, Ilorin.

Murtala believed to be a well digger, reportedly fell into a well where he was working behind Global Primary and Secondary School, Bayi Community in the Egbejila area.

The spokesman for the fire service, Hassan Adekunle, in a statement, said, “The incident occurred this (Tuesday) morning around 10.30am and the Brigade was summoned through a telephone call by one Mr David, a resident of the area.

“However, firemen were able to recover the dead body from the well and later handed it over to one Mr Mohammed Abdulwasiu, a family member of the deceased.

“According to the report, the victim went to re-dredge a well and during the process of dredging, one of his legs slipped off the ground and he eventually tumbled into the well.”

Adekunle said the Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Falade Olumuyiwa, expressed sadness over the incident and urged the public to be more careful in their day-to-day activities.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shettima     Sunday Otokiti     Issa Baba     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Funmilayo Zubair     Hamid Bobboyi     Olayinka Are     Risikat Lawal     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Assayomo     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Oloyede     Federal Allocation     Oke-Ode     Oko     Yahaya Dumoye     Azeez Salawu     Jebba     IEDPU     Isiaka Alikinla     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Bamidele Adegoke     Okedare     Lawal Jimoh     CT Ayeni     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Mohammed Halidu     Ridwan Agboola     Umar Danladi Shero     ER-KANG     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Olaiya Zuberu     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ojuekun     Baruten     Ibrahim Taiwo     Alabe     Saliu Tunde Bello     Adedeji Onimago     Quareeb     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Salman Alada     Edu     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kola Adesina     Odolaye Aremu     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Kehinde Baale     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     COVID-19 Palliatives     Alaaya     Saliu Oluwole     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Ndama Al-hassan     Valsolar     Kunle Akogun     Olupako     Olayinka Olaogun     KWAFFA     Oluranti Idowu     SAPZ Project     Funmilayo Mohammed     Universal Basic Education Commission     Ghali Muhammed     Sarah Jubril     Neo Mundo Ltd     Yusuf Aiyedun     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Folorunsho Erubu     Oye Tinuoye     Alanamu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kamaldeen Ajibade     Tafidan Kaiama     Ijagbo Health Centre     Adegoke Bamidele     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Students Union Government     Dele Belgore     Ijagbo     Odolaye Aremu     BECE     SGBN     Oba-Solagberu     Na\'Allah     Taofeek Ibraheem     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Shero     Naira Redesign     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Senate Presidency     Fola Consultant     Christopher Odetunde     AbdulHamid Adi     JAMB     Student Learning Support Helpline     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Abubakar Lah     Isiaka Danmeromu     Olatunji Ibrahim     Ndakene     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Peter Obi     Bello Oyedepo     Orire     Yakubu Shaaba     Olaitan Buraimoh     Eghe Igbinehin     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Ahmed Alhasssan     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Kazeem Gbolagade     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Adebara     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Inside Kwara     Admiralty Villa     Abdulrazaq Sanni     NYSC     Bature Bello     Folorunsho Alao     Samuel Adedoyin     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Risikat Lawal     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ariyo     Esuwoye     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Clara Nwachukwu     Quareeb     Bond     Bureau Of Lands     Kwara Hotel     T And K FOODS     Agboola Babatunde     Yahaya Seriki     Mashood Dauda     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Arandun     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Afonja Descendants Union     Aliyu Adebayo     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Kwara Metro Park     Kulende-UITH