In a heartbreaking turn of events in Offa town, Kwara State, a routine task turned into a nightmare as a 49-year-old man lost his life while attempting to rescue his son from a well.
Identified as Fasasi Afeez, the man, along with his 17-year-old son, Kaleed Afeez, found themselves in a perilous situation when Kaleed accidentally slipped into the well while fetching water.
However, while the man was recovered dead, the son was rescued alive.
The spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, the incident occurred at about 04:11 pm and the brigade was summoned through an exchange telephone call by One Alhaji Taiye Gbadamosi living in the neighbourhood.
“The rescued boy went to fetch water from the domestic well and in the process of fetching water, one of his legs suddenly slipped off the ground and he eventually tumbled down into the well.
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“However, before the arrival of fire servicemen, his father while trying to rescue the victim, his legs suddenly slipped off the ground and he eventually tumbled down into the well too,” he said.
Director of Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, expressed sadness over the incident and urged the general public to be more careful in their day-to-day activities and desist from sending underage children to fetch water in domestic wells.
