June 3, 2026
A 45-year-old man, Yusuf Usman, has died on Wednesday while trying to retrieve his handset from an abandoned well in Kwa Town, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State.
The well had been converted into a waste disposal pit.
The Director, Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Sani Anas, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, issued to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the incident occurred on Wednesday morning.
