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.

Idiagbon     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Niyi Ogundiran     Mike Omotosho     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Read With Me     VADA     Ibrahim Labaika     Temi Kolawole     Irepodun     Flights To Ilorin     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Akume     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Oniyangi     Lanre Aremu     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Falokun-Oja     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Universal Basic Education Commission     Valsolar Consultoria     Saka Aleshinloye     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Saba Mamman Daniel     Kwabes     Ubandoma     All Peoples Party     Ita-Ore     Maigida Soludero Transit     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ajase-Ipo     Dauda Adesola     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Abikan     KWASEIC     Siraj Oyewale     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Maja     Olatomiwa Williams     Osi     Baba Idris     Ben Duntoye     Ahmad Lawan     Sayomi     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Oba Abdulraheem     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Aisha Gobir     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Just Event Online     Ekiti     Bamidele Adegoke     Awwal Jawondo     Yakubu Shaaba     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Saka Isau     Dagbalodo     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Kaosarah Adeyi     Gwanara     Ilorin General Hospital     Azeez Salawu     Ilorin Amusement Park     Saka Keji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Vasolar Consultoria     George Funsho Adebayo     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Pakata Development Association     KSIRS     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Isa Aremu     Salihu Yahaya     Rotimi Oyedepo     Sabi     AGM Professional Services     Kolawole Bashirat     Chief Of Staff     Bola Olukoju     Bamidele Adegoke     Illyasu Abdullahi     Sola Saraki University     Mamatu Abdullahi     Moses Salami     Al-Hikmah University     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Sunday Otokiti     Muazam Nayaya     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Christopher Ayeni     Olateju Lukman     Kayode Bankole     Col. Taiwo     Abubakar Imam     Okanlawon Musa     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Musa Aibinu     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Sebastine Obasi     Alabe     Damilola Yusuf     Roheemat Hammed     Musbau A. Akanji     Ballah     Kwara Liberation Group     Aminat Omodara     Patience Jonathan     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     KFA     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Medview Airlines     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     SGBN     Babata     Ahman Pategi     Jimba Babatunde     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ahmad Belgore     Pacify Labs     Omar Gambari     Universal Basic Education Commission     Mahe Abdulkadir     Trader Moni     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Oko     Omotoso     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Ahmed Bayero     Wahab Issa     Ojo Fadumila     Tuesday Assayomo     Offa Metropolitan Club     Ishola Abdullahi     Emir Of Kano     LABTOP     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Kolo     Balogun Gambari     Kwara 2019     Medinat Folorunsho Salman