The Oyo State Fire Services Agency has recovered the remains of a 45-year-old man who died inside a well while trying to rescue a goat at the Mokola area, Saki community.
”We received a distress call about the incident on Monday at exactly 22:23 hours through a telephone call from one Mr Yusuf Ismail.
”The personnel of the agency, led by Pfs II Kolade Taiwo, promptly mobilised to the scene of the incident. Upon arrival, it was a man of about 45 trapped inside a deep well.
“Our Officers quickly swung into action and secured him with necessary nuts, and the operation was carried out, and the lifeless body of the man was recovered from the well,” said the agency’s chairman, Moroof Akinwande, in a statement on Wednesday.
The fire service chief said the incident occurred when the man tried to rescue a goat that had fallen into the well and was trapped.
(NAN)