4.2.2026
A 45 years-old man has died trying to rescue his goat, which fell inside a well in the Mokola area of Saki Oyo State.
According to the Oyo State Fire Services Agency the man was trapped inside the well as he his attempt to rescue his goat which also fell into the well became futile. His corpse was recovered and deposited in the morgue.
”We received a distress call about the incident on Monday at exactly 22:23 hours through a telephone call from one Mr Yusuf Ismail.
”The personnel of the agency, led by Pfs II Kolade Taiwo, promptly mobilised to the scene of the incident. Upon arrival, it was a man of about 45 trapped inside a deep well.
“Our Officers quickly swung into action and secured him with necessary nuts, and the operation was carried out, and the lifeless body of the man was recovered from the well,” said the agency’s chairman, Moroof Akinwande, in a statement on Wednesday.