60-Year-Old Man, Son, Neigbour Die While Trying To Retrieve Mobile Phone From Pit Latrine In Kano

 60-year-old Malam Danjuma, his son, Ibrahim, 35, and Aminu Gaye, also 35, have  died while trying to retrieve a mobile phone that fell into a pit latrine  in Yar’Gwanda village,  Tsanyawa Local Government , Kano state.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the incident happened on Sunday.

Abba Alasan, 28 years old,  who had joined Aminu to rescue Danjuma and his son,  however, survived.

 ‘We received an emergency call from Tsanyawa Fire Station at about 11:00 a.m. from one Aminu Yar’gwanda, that four men had been trapped in a pit latrine.

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 latrine 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 got trapped’ Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi,  who is the spokesman for  Kano state Fire Service, submitted.

He added that the first three victims were rescued unconscious, while the fourth victim was rescued alive, they were according to him handed over to Mr Iro Lado, a superintendent of police, at the Tsanyawa Police Division.

The  police , he added, took the victims to Bichi Special Hospital for medical attention, where doctors declared three among them as Brought in Dead patients-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you