THE Kano State Fire Service on Wednesday confirmed the death of a six-year-old boy, Mas’udu Yus’hua, in a well at Danbare Quarters in Kumbotso Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
A spokesman for the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, disclosed this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano.
Mohammed said that the incident occurred at about 11:39 a.m.
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He said: “We received a distress call at about 11:39 a.m on Wednesday from one Malam Sani Maikaji that a boy had fallen inside a well.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 11:45 a.m.
“Yus’hua was found dead and his body was later handed over to the ward head of Danbare, Alhaji Magaji Kasim.”
Mohammed said the cause of the incident was still being investigated.
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