13-year-old boy falls and dies in well in Kano

A 13-year-old boy identified as Abubakar Isa, has on Friday fallen and died in a well in Kano State.

The incident reportedly happened at a residential building at Madawa in Minjibir Local Government Area of the state.



According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, the spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, said the incident occurred at about 7:45am on Friday.

“We received a distress call in the early hours of Friday from one Idi Lele, at about 7:45 am, that a boy had fallen into a well.



“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 8:50 am.

“The cause of the incident is still under investigation to know what happened.

“Bello was found dead and his corpse was later handed over to the police,’’ the spokesman said