Corpse of 47-year-old man swept away by flood recovered in Ilorin

Date: 2023-09-27

The corpse of a 47-year-old man who was swept away by flood on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital has been recovered on Wednesday.

The unidentified man was swept away by torrential water during a severe downpour on Monday evening, according to the spokesman of the State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday.

“The unidentified man, approximately 47 years old, tragically lost his life as he was swept away by the torrential water and recovered dead today 27th September, 2023.

“This morning at about 09:11 hours, the Kwara State Fire Service received a distress call from one Mr Saheed and promptly arrived at the scene of the incident.

“With their dedicated efforts, they successfully recovered the man's lifeless body from the turbulent water, which had come to rest at the Oloje Bridge adjacent G' Division Police Station, Oloje, Ilorin.

“In a formal and compassionate handover, the Kwara State Fire Service transferred the recovered body to Mr. Saka Abdulkareem, the Environmental Officer of Ilorin West Local Government,” the statement added.

The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, expressed sadness over the incident and urged the general public to be more careful in their day-to-day activities and desist from any movement from one place to another during any downpour.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ilorin.Info     Mashood Dauda     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Garba Idris Ajia     Modibo Kawu     Aliyu Sabi     Binta Abubakar Mora     Egbejila     Kwara Hotel     Lawan     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Sarah Jubril     Bashiru Makama     Olatunde Jare     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Yusuf Abubakar     Mutawali Of Ilorin     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Olabode George Towoju     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Nurudeen Muhammed     Abdulfatai Baakini     John Olobayo     Alao Ayotunde     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Computer Based Test     Alanamu     United Nigeria Congress Party     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Senate President     New Naira Notes     Oyelere Oyinloye     Baba Issa     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Akume     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Kunle Okeowo     Kayode Laro     Durbar     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Oba Of Jebba     Alimi     Kwara 2015     Bilikis Oladimeji     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Otuka     Ubandawaki     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Shehu Jimoh     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Sam Okaula     Okin Malt     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     REO CAKES     Umar Gunu     Saidu Kawu     Bello Abubakar     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Eleyele     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Bature Bello     Oluronke Adeyemi     Aminat Ahmed     Gaa Olobi     Afolabi-Oshatimehin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alloy Chukwuemeka     Council Of The Wise     Oya State     Saka Keji     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Radio Kwara     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Ohoro Of Shao     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Lafiagi     Bashir Badawi     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Share/Tsaragi     Mahe Abdulkadir     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Government House     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Unilorin     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Edu     Sherif Sagaya     Shettima     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Aisha Gobir     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Umar Danladi Shero     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Bukola Saraki     Popo-Igbonna     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Adijat Adebiyi     March 28     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Kale Belgore     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Shehu Adaramaja     Shola Odetundun     Adaramaja     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Ajakaye     Abubakar Imam     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Sabo-Oke     Justina Oha     Olatunji Bamgbola     Aliyu Umar     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Yusuf Ali     Farouk Salim     Kishira     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Samuel Adaramola     Yemi Sanni     Diagnostic Centre     Students Union Government     Omu Aran     Emir Of Yashikira     Sobi     Nurudeen Mohammed     United Nigeria Congress Party     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Mumeen Lah     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Toyin Falola     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Forgo Battery     Federal Allocation     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Moshood Bakare     Ayoade Akinnibosun