The corpse of a two-year-old child (name withheld) was found in a deep well at Orita Mokola Junction, Seedu Sabarumu, Sango, in the Saki Local Government Area of the state by the Saki Zonal Command of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency.
This was verified to The Intercept in the state capital of Ibadan on Wednesday by Maroof Akinwande, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Services Agency Reform.
He clarified that the girl’s body had been found and sent to a group of police officers under the command of Chief Superintendent Odunbanjo Kehinde for additional required action.
The governor’s assistant emphasised that an inquiry had started to determine the cause of the regrettable event.
Although the incident’s origin remained unknown, The Intercept learnt that the fire department’s Post Incident inquiry Team was conducting the required inquiry to identify the incident’s primary cause.
Akinwande said, “The emergency call was reported at the Saki Fire Station at exactly 13:43hrs by a running caller that someone fell into a well at the above address.
“The agency’s officers, led by PFS11 Saka, quickly left for the scene of the incident. On arrival, we were informed that a girl of two years of age was inside the well for a long time.
“We swiftly engaged our rescue equipment, and CFM Adediran Jacob entered the well for a search and rescue operation.
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“The girl was recovered and handed over to a team of policemen led by CSP Kehinde for further necessary action.”
He, therefore, advised the public to take all safety measures in protecting their wells and septic pits from free accessibility to the public to avoid becoming a death trap.
