In Kano, Father, Son, Drown In Well
A father, Malam Bala and his son, Sunusi Bala, died in a well at Sabon Garin Bauchi, in Wudil local government area of Kano State.
The father, 60 years old, and his son, 35 years old, died in the well while draining water from it.
The Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, in a statement on Wednesday in Kano, said that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning.
He said they received an emergency call from Wudil Fire Station at about 11:30 a.m. from one Isma’ila Idris that two men were trapped inside a well.
The PRO said, “We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 11:33 a.m.
“A father and his son were called to drain a well; they successfully drained it.
“But the son went back into the well to clear it and he was trapped and suffocated.
“His father went after him to rescue him, when he also got trapped and suffocated due to lack of oxygen inside the well,” Abdullahi said.
He said the victims were brought out of the well unconscious and later confirmed dead.
Abdullahi said that their corpses were handed over to Inspector Felix Gowok of Wudil Model Police Station.
He attributed the cause of the incident to lack of oxygen.
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