By Wilson Adekumola
The corpse of a 57-year-old woman, identified as Mrs Jamiu Sikirat, has been recovered by the Kwara State Firefighters from a well in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday.
The woman who was said to be a resident of the Ile-Agunko compound of Adeta area Ilorin, Ilorin West Local Government Area, fell into the well on Monday evening around 6:42 pm.
While confirming the incident, the state fire service spokesman, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed that the service was alerted through an exchange telephone call by one Mr Muhammad Jamiu, living in the neighbourhood where the incident occurred.
“Firemen were able to recover the dead body from the well and later handed it over to one Alfa Abdulganiyu Akuko, a family member of the deceased, in the presence of Nigerian police officers from Adewole Division Ilorin,” he said.
It was gathered that the deceased woman went to fetch water at the well before one of her legs slipped off the ground and eventually fell into the well.
The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, while expressing his sympathy over the incident, called on the general public to be more careful in their day-to-day activities and desist from sending under-age children to fetch water from wells.
