Man, son, other die while retrieving phone from latrine in Kano
Tamarauemi Ebimini
A 60-year-old man identified as Malam Danjuma, popularly known as “Black”, his 35-year-old son, Ibrahim, and one 35-year-old Aminu Gaye have lost their lives while trying to recover a mobile phone from a latrine at Yar Gwanda Village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, 28-year-old Abba Alasan was rescued alive.
Abdullahi said, “We received an emergency call from Tsanyawa Fire Station at about 11:00 a.m on Sunday from one Aminu Yar Gwanda that four men had been trapped inside a pit toilet. We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 11:15 a.m.
“Danjuma was trying to retrieve a cellphone that fell into the pit toilet, when he got trapped. Thereafter, his son entered the pit toilet to save his father and also got trapped.
“Gaye and Alasan also entered to rescue both men and they also got trapped,” he said.
Abdullahi said the first three victims were rescued unconscious while the fourth victim was rescued alive.
He said all the victims were handed over to Superintendent of Police, Iro Lado, at Tsanyawa Police Division.
The Police Public Relations Officer said the victims had been conveyed to Bichi Special Hospital where doctors on duty confirmed three dead and one alive.
