45-year-old man dies inside well in Kano

A 45-year-old man, Habibu Mu’azu, fell and died in a well at Yan Dutse in Bichi Local Government Area, Kano State. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Friday in Kano. Why it took Nigeria 17 years to conduct […]

A 45-year-old man, Habibu Mu’azu, fell and died in a well at Yan Dutse in Bichi Local Government Area, Kano State.

This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Friday in Kano.

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According to the statement, “We received an emergency call at about 7.44am on Friday from Sunusi Abubakar that a man had fallen inside a well and we immediately sent our rescue team to the scene.

“Mu’azu was brought out of the well unconscious and was later confirmed dead while his corpse was handed over to the village head of Yan Dutse, Bello Usman.

He said the cause of the incident was being investigated.