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.

Adesina Simon Sodiya     Abdulwaheed Musa     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Omotoso Musa     Sherif Shagaya     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Oba Abdulraheem     Wahab Agbaje     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Joseph Offorjama     Binta Abubakar-Mora     SWAN     Daud Adeshola     Salihu Yahaya     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Baba Issa     Tsaragi-Share     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Lawal Olohungbebe     Gbajabiamila     Rasaq Jimoh     ER-KANG     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Abubakar Imam     Nurudeen Mohammed     Unilorin FM     Umar Gunu     Iyaloja-General     Isiaka Alikinla     Sulyman Buhari     Kumbi Titilope     Kwara State University Of Education     Sanusi Abubakar     HYPPADEC     Lanre Badmus     Bashiru Makama     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Adamu Atta     Shaaba Lafiagi     IQRA College     Harafat E. Mukadam     Biliaminu Aliu     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Elections     Igbomina     Kamaldeen Gambari     Presidential Election     Ayekale     Awodun     Bayo Onimago     Haliru Dantoro     Shola Odetundun     Abdulfatai Baakini     Isa Aremu     Y.A. Abdulkareem     IDPU     Irepodun     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     LABTOP     SSA Youth     CCT     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     George Innih     Ibrahim Mashood     Arik     Abubakar Aliagan     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Tunde Oyawoye     Tunji Moronfoye     All Peoples Party     Christopher Odetunde     Offa     Elelu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Funmi Salau     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Wahab Abayawo     MINILS     Yekeen Alabi     Oloye     Durosinlohun Atiku     EndSARS     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Mustapha Olanipekun     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Abdulazeez Arowona     Na\'Allah     Toyin Abdullahi     Oloriegbe     Wahab Egbewole     Samuel Adaramola     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Leke Ogungbe     Omu-aran     Ibrahim Orire     Akeem Lawal     Bola Sagaya     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Femtech     Jaigbade Alao     Imam Gambari     Yakubu Danladi     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Omotoso     Justina Oha     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Joseph Offorjama     Abatemi-Usman     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Twitter     Oba Abdulrahim     Galadiman Ngeri     Kwara Metro Park     ASKOMP     Albert Ogunsola     Yoruba     Kolawole Akande     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Tsaragi     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Akorede     Tunji Moronfoye     Vasolar     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Oyun     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Shero     Ile Arugbo     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Saduki Lafiagi     Muhammed Akanbi     Maryam Nurudeen     Abubakar Aliagan     KWAFFA     David Oyedepo     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Flights To Ilorin     Face Masks     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Okin Biscuit     Isiaka Alikinla     Maryam Ado Bayero     Abubakar Atiku     JAAC     Olupako     Michael Nzekwe