Corpse of 17-yr-old girl recovered from well in Ilorin
The Kwara Fire Service, on Wednesday, recovered the lifeless body of a 17-year-old girl, Aminat Abdulkadir, who drowned in a well four days ago.
The incident occurred at Aduagba-OkeAdini Alagbado area in the Ilorin East local government area of the state, according to a statement by the Kwara State Fire Service.
The statement said some of its personnel immediately responded to a distress call and removed the corpse of the girl in less than an hour.
Several residents of the area burst into tears when they saw the lifeless body of Aminat who was a secondary school student.
The personnel after recovering the body in the presence of some policemen handed over the corpse to the parents.
Mr. Ajo Habeeb, a weaver and resident in the area said the parents of Aminat have been looking for her since three days ago before her dead body was discovered in a well on Wednesday.
The Director of the State Fire Service, Mr. Falade Olumuyiwa, the statement said, described the incident as unfortunate.
