Man found dead inside well in Offa
A man has drowned in a well at Ajao street, in Owode market, Offa, Kwara State .
THE INFORMANT247 learnt that no marks of violence were found on his body after officials of the Kwara State Fire Service recovered the corpse.
It was gathered that fire service from the Offa division, were alerted to the incident around 11:30 am on Tuesday.
The spokesperson of the fire service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle said, “The incident occurred around 11:25hrs at Ajao Street Owode Market, Offa. After the people in the neighborhoods had discovered that there was a person trapped inside their domestic well.
“They quickly summoned Offa Fire Station and thankfully we arrived promptly at the scene exactly five minutes after the “turn out call” (i.e 11:30hrs).
“However, immediately we got to the scene, we fully engaged. And within some couple of minutes, we were able to recover the casualty dead and handed over to one officer Danfulani from Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps of E” Command Offa.
“Based on information gathered at the scene, the victim’s name was Abubakar Sokoto.”
Adekunle however said investigation was still ongoing.
