SAD: Five-Year-old Boy Drowns in a Well in Kano

A five-year-old boy has been confirmed dead after he drowned in a well in Kano State.

The incident was reported to have happened at Zangon Dinya in Bagwai Local Government Area of Kano State.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer the fire service, Saminu Abdullahi released a statement to the news men on Friday September 3, in Kano.

He said

“We received a distress call from Bichi division at about 08:30 p.m. from one Muhammad Usman and we sent our rescue team to the scene at 08.45 pm,” he said.

Abdullahi said the incident happened on Thursday night, and the young boy named Yusha’u Usman was later brought out of the well dead.

He added that the corpse of the drowned boy has been handed over to ward head of Zangon Dinya Bagwai, Malam Yahaya Sule.