A 38-year-old artisan identified as Sikiru Tiamiyu, on Saturday drowned inside a well in a residential building in Dada Estate, Osogbo.
The unfortunate incident threw the neighbourhood into panic as it was said to be the second in the last 17 days.
According to reports, a worker whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was electrocuted while working on a pumping machine inside the well on Wednesday, October 19, while two persons were injured in the course of the incident and had to be treated in an hospital.
According to sources familiar with the incident, immediately the worker was observed to be drowning, men of the Osun State Fire Service were called.
While speaking with newsmen, the Public Relations Officer of Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle, stated that apart from the worker who was brought out of the well dead, one other person was injured in the incident and hospitalised.
In his words, Adekunle said, “Today, Saturday, November 5, 2022, men of the Osun State Fire Service, Oke fia Station received a distress call from Zone 5A, Oke Arungbo Community, Dada Estate, Osogbo at exactly 10: 45am that two men were trapped in a well.
“The team, led by Principal Fire Superintendent 1, Adegoke Sesan, immediately mobilised to the scene. Bodies of the two men were recovered with one alive and taken to an undisclosed hospital by residents, while the other was brought out dead and handed over to the police. The deceased, one Mr Sikiru Tiamiyu of about 38 years, was working to clean up the well.
Similar incident occurred in the same well on October 19, 2022 and the victim and a technician were working on the coil of a pumping machine inside the well before he eventually got electrocuted and died on the spot. His co-worker was rescued alive and taken to a hospital.”
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