Tragedy as 8-year-old boy dies after falling into well

An eight year-old boy identified as Sadi Yusuf was on Tuesday 22nd May, 2018 pronounced dead in Tamburawa Gabas town of Kano State, after he reportedly fell into a well while trying to fetch water.

Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the spokesman of the Kano state fire service told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred at about 7.30 am.

The fire service officer went further saying that the deceased lad was sent by his mother to go and fetch water in the well.

“We received a distress call in the early hours of today (Tuesday) from a ward head, Isa Garba, at about 7:30am that a boy had fallen into a well.

”On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 7:42am

“Yusuf was rescued unconscious and later confirmed dead; his corpse was handed to the Ward Head, Isa Garba,” the spokesman said.

Alhaji Saidu therefore advised parents who had wells in their homes, to raise their height and provide covers for same, to protect children.