The corpse of a 43-year-old man named Kazeem was found dead by the Kwara State Fire Service in a home well in the state capital of Ilorin.
According to a statement released on Saturday by Hassan Adekunle, the fire service’s spokesperson in Ilorin, the corpse was found in a household well in the Edun neighbourhood of Ile Alapo.
“The fire service control room received the distress call at approximately 10:29 hours, reporting that a man had fallen into a well,” he said.
“Firefighters were immediately deployed to the scene, where they successfully recovered the body from the well.
“The victim, identified as Kazeem, reportedly jumped into the well under the influence of a hard substance known as Colo (Colorado) shortly after returning from Eid prayers on Friday.”
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The statement said the body was handed over to Inspector Babatunde Amos of the ‘C’ Division Police Station, Ilorin. The police awaits formal identification and claim of the body by the victim’s family.
Director of the state fire service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, expressed deep sadness over the incident and admonished residents of the state to stay away from drug abuse, warning that such acts often lead to tragic outcomes.
