Tragedy struck in Zangon Kaya, located in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, as four young men lost their lives after drowning in a clogged water passage on Friday.
The grim development was confirmed by the Kano State Fire Service through a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi.
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According to Abdullahi, the agency received an emergency call at exactly 1:48 p.m. from a local resident, Rabiu Yusif, alerting them to the situation.
“We received an emergency call at about 13:48 hrs from one Rabiu Yusif that four people had fallen into a blocked waterway that had accumulated due to the railway line construction.
“We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene.
“Two of the victims entered the waterway to swim when they got trapped.”
He further narrated that a third individual attempted a rescue but also got stuck, followed by a fourth who suffered the same fate.
When rescue personnel arrived, community members had managed to recover two of the victims, while the emergency team retrieved the remaining two.
The deceased were identified as Bashir Sani (28), Nasirudden Tasi’u (25), Usman Ubale (26), and Yakubu Muhammed (22).
“All the victims were rescued unconscious and were later confirmed dead.
“Their corpses were handed over to SP Abdulkadir Albasu of Dawanau Police Division,” Abdullahi said.
The fire service officials attributed the fatal incident to unsafe swimming in a blocked drainage channel filled with stagnant water.
