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.

Aiyedun     Kazeem Adekanye     Olushola Saraki     Demola Banu     Jani Ibrahim     S.O. Opowoye     Kabir Shagaya     Hassan Oyeleke     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Temi Kolawole     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Haliru Dantoro     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Kola Shittu     Ladi Hassan     Ganiyu Taofiq     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     ITP     Mohammed Halidu     Owode Market     Razak Atunwa     Sobi Hill     Leke Ogungbe     Yakubu Gobir     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Kuliyan Geri     Oniwa     Shettima     ITEM 7     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Tunde Akanbi     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Agboola Abdulraheem     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Alapansapa     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Dan-Kazeem     Taofeek Sanusi     Ilorin Muslim Community     Makama Of Kaiama     Grillo     Doyin Awoyale     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Obayomi Azeez     KWASEIC     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     KWSIEC     Shururat Olatinwo     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Raymond Olaitan     Mohammed Abduraheem     High Court     Hussein Oloyede     Democracy Day     Peter Obi     Toyin Saraki     Okala Baba     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Ballah     Pakata Patriots     Kannike     Oloyede     Raimi Iyanda     National Pilot     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Yetunde Balogun     Saidu Isa     IYA YUSUF     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Taofik Mustapha     Raliat Islamic Foundation    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bukola Saraki     SAPZ Project     Biliaminu Aliu     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Ilorin Like-Minds     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Kehinde Baale     Apado     Sodiya     Government House     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Sa\'adu Salau     Noah Yusuf     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Bello Bature     Azeez Salawu     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Chief Imam Of Offa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Rafiu Olasile     Zara Umar     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Aremu Odolaye     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Abegunde Goke     Tsaragi-Share     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Lithium Deposit     Oba Abu     Ademola Kiyesola     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Peter Obi     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Fatimat Saliu     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Na\'Allah     Rihanat Ajia     Abraham Ojo     Ben Duntoye     Abubakar Imam     Omotosho     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Dan-Kazeem     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ayinke Saka     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Share/Tsaragi     Hijab     Adamu Attah     Muritala Olarewaju     2017 Budget     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Funmilayo Mohammed     Olatunji Ibrahim     Plat Technologies Limited     Solomon Edojah     Nurudeen Mohammed     ANCOPPS     Aliyu U. Tilde     Olatunde Jare     Hamidu Olowo     Lateef Alagbonsi     Erubu Oba Zubair     Temi Kolawole     Bankole Omisore     Agboola Abdulraheem     Oloje     Olaiya Zuberu     Kwara Basketball Association     Emir Of Kano     Yakub Ali-Agan     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Muhammed Danjuma