Men of the the Kwara State Fire Service, on Wednesday, recovered the body of a 17-year-old girl from a domestic well in Iloriin, Kwara State capital.
The deceased identified as Aminat had been reported missing four days earlier before her lifeless body was found floating in a domestic deepwell at Oke- Adini area of Ilorin.
A statement by the Head, media and publicity of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, said the brigade was informed about the incident via a telephone call by a neighbour of the deceased.
“The incident occurred this morning (Wednesday) about 07:47hrs, at Oke-Adini Alagbado area, in Ilorin Kwara state. And the Brigade was summoned through an exchanged telephone call by one Mr. Abdulfatai living in that neighbourhood.
“The report says, the 17 years victim girl called Aminat had been missing since four days ago before her body was later found inside the domestic welll,” he stated in a statement.
Adekunle quoted the director, Kwara State Fire service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, as expressing sadness over the incident” and admonished “the general public to be more vigilant in thier neighborhoods as to prevent similar occurrences”.