A 40-year-old man who has been identified as Mu’azu Garba on Thursday died in a soak-away – septic tank at Jigirya, in Nassarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State after he was accidentally trapped.
This was made known in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Thursday in Kano which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York. He revealed that the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon.
‘We received an emergency call at about 01:35 p.m. from one Abbas Abubakar, that a man had been trapped inside a soak-away.
‘The man was trying to bring out his mobile phone that fell inside the soak-away.
‘We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 01:45 p.m,’ the statement read in part.
He further disclosed that the victim was, however already dead by the time his body was retrieved from the septic tank. He also revealed that his corpse handed over to the Ward Head of Jigirya, Alhaji Nuhu Adamu.
Abdullahi said Garba was using his mobile phone in the toilet when it fell inside and he went to get it from the sewer.
In a related development, the service said two girls, Fatima Lawan, 2, and Khadija Lawan 9, who fell inside a well at Dan Gawo village in Bichi LGA of the state were rescued.
‘We also received an emergency call from Bichi Fire Station on April 27, at about 05:35 from a Hisbah official on the incident, and sent our rescue team to the scene at about 5:40 p.m.,’ he said.
He said that both girls were handed over to their father, one Malam Lawan.
Abdullahi stated Fatima had backed her sister, Khadija, and went to fetch water at the well when she slipped and fell inside with the two-year-old who strapped to her back.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK
