A 32-year-old man, Innocent David, declared missing for about four days by family members, has been found dead inside a canal on Wednesday in Ilorin.
The Spokesperson for the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, confirmed this to THE INFORMANT247.
Adekunle said the family had been looking for him for about four days before he was discovered trapped in a canal along Asa-Dam road in Ilorin, on Monday.
“The Brigade was called out by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) A” Division, Ilorin, and we arrived at the scene ground exactly 16:33hrs today.
“The casualty was recovered dead on time as a result of an outstanding method used by the able firemen that attended the incident. And later handed over to the CSP Oluseyi of A Division, Ilorin, Kwara State.
“According to the information gathered at the scene ground, the victim has been missing four days ago before he was discovered dead inside the canal today,” Adekunle said.