Kwara firemen retrieve woman’s corpse from well

Kwara firemen retrieve woman’s corpse from well

The Kwara State Fire Service said it retrieved the corpse of a middle-aged woman, Fatimoh Ranti, from a well in Ilorin, the state capital.

The service said that it received a distress call from the scene of the incident around 9:30 am on Sunday.

It was not certain as at the time of filing this report how the woman got into the well.

Spokesperson of the service Hassan Adekunle said that “just early this morning 3rd October 2021 the Kwara State Fire Service was quickly summoned for one rescue operation at 185, Asunara Ile Kola Compound, off Balogun Fulani Road Ilorin.

“Indeed, the victim woman was recovered dead from the domestic well by the firemen.

“Alhaji Asunara, the head of the compound who the victim was handed over to, told the fire team that the incident happened on Saturday night but only to be detected this morning.”

Adekunle urged “everyone to be more vigilant in his neighborhoods in order to prevent similar occurrences.”