Tragedy: Seven-Year-Old Boy Falls Inside Domestic Well While Fetching Water; Body Recover By Fire Service

By Babatunde Solanke

A seven-year-old boy identified as Abdul-Haayi fell inside a well while fetching water in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, just as the Kwara State Fire Service confirmed the recovery of the dead body of the boy.

The victim reportedly went to fetch water at the well and, in the process, slipped and tumbled down into the well.

The tragic incident occurred at about 5:28 pm in Yaa-Lateef  House, along Tinu Street, Akerebiata area of Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government of the state.

The fire service was summoned through a telephone by a certain Mr Idowu, who lived in the neighbourhood where the incident occurred.

The spokesman of the fire service, to Hassan Adekunle, confirmed the sad development explaining that  the firefighters were able to recover the dead body from the well and later handed it over to a certain Mr Yussuf, a family member of the deceased.

Also,the Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, expressed sadness over the incident and urged the general public to be more careful in their day-to-day activities and should desist from sending underage children to fetch water from domestic wells.