The body of a woman, Jamiu Sikirat, 57, was on Monday recovered from a water well in Ilorin by firefighters in Kwara State.
The deceased, Sikirat from the Ile-Agunko compound of Adeta Local Government Area fell into the water well on Monday around 6.42 pm.
The state fire service spokesman, Hassan Adekunle, said one Muhammad Jamiu, living in the neighbourhood reported the incident to the service via a phone call.
Adekunle said, “Firemen were able to recover the dead body from the well and later handed it over to one Alfa Abdulganiyu Akuko, a family member of the deceased, in the presence of Nigerian police officers from Adewole Division Ilorin.”
The state fire service Director, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, expressed sadness over the incident.
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