Corpse of 47-year-old man swept away by flood recovered in Ilorin

Date: 2023-09-27

The corpse of a 47-year-old man who was swept away by flood on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital has been recovered on Wednesday.

The unidentified man was swept away by torrential water during a severe downpour on Monday evening, according to the spokesman of the State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday.

“The unidentified man, approximately 47 years old, tragically lost his life as he was swept away by the torrential water and recovered dead today 27th September, 2023.

“This morning at about 09:11 hours, the Kwara State Fire Service received a distress call from one Mr Saheed and promptly arrived at the scene of the incident.

“With their dedicated efforts, they successfully recovered the man's lifeless body from the turbulent water, which had come to rest at the Oloje Bridge adjacent G' Division Police Station, Oloje, Ilorin.

“In a formal and compassionate handover, the Kwara State Fire Service transferred the recovered body to Mr. Saka Abdulkareem, the Environmental Officer of Ilorin West Local Government,” the statement added.

The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, expressed sadness over the incident and urged the general public to be more careful in their day-to-day activities and desist from any movement from one place to another during any downpour.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Afetu Of Alabe     Mohammed Ibrahim     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Akorede     Ayodele Shittu     T And K FOODS     Mufutau Olatinwo     Oke-opin     KWSUED     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Federal Allocation     Mike Omotosho     Tafida Of Ilorin     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Kwara Hotel     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Mohammed Halidu     Olukotun Of Ikotun     ITP     Erubu Oba Zubair     Fatai Olodo     Clara Nwachukwu     Oloyede     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     George Innih     Umaru Saro     School Of Nursing     Sa\'adu Gambari     Labour Party     NNPP     Ilorin South Constituency     Khairat Gwadabe     Saeedat Aliyu     Aro Yahaya     Zulu Gambari     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Aminat Omodara     Emmanuel Bello     3MTT     Gobirawa     NAWOJ     Ibrahim Labaika     Kunle Suleiman     Sarah Alade     Gwanara     Durosinlohun Kawu     Egbewole     Kazeem Oladepo     Adeola Abraham     Kunle Akogun     Islamic Development Bank     College Of Education     Dan Iya     Lanwa     GANZY     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Olokoba     Adedipe     Emir Of Ilorin     Kwara South     Adesoye College     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Ethical College     Seni Saraki     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Kwara State Government     Tsaragi/Share     Alabere     Erubu     Ladi Hassan     Musa Yeketi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Sobi FM     Hassan Taiye Salam     Osuwa     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Sunday Fagbemi     Salman Jawondo     Razaq Atunwa     Yahya Mohammed     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Olokoba     Ajakaye     Ramadhan     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Amuda Aluko     Durosinlohun Kawu     Oniwasi Agbaye     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Gabriel Fashanu     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Usman Yunusa     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ganiyu Taofiq     Omotoso Musa     Taofik Mustapha     Ghali Muhammed     Aso-ofi     Ijakadi     Muhammadu Gobir     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Tunde Saad     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Emir Of Yashikira     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Share-Tsaragi     Doyin Group     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Yakubu Dogara     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Hassanat Bello     Saheed Akinwumi     Kannike     Yetunde Balogun     HYPPADEC     Isa Aremu     Bayo Onimago     ITP     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Oke-Ode     Zulu Gambari     Aminu Adisa Logun     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Abubakar Usman Jos     Leke Ogungbe     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Ilorin International Airport     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Suleiman Mora Omar     Aremu Odolaye     Saka Saadu     TESCOM 2025     Ahman Pategi     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     CCEPE     Facemasks     Alimi     EndSARS     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Inside Kwara     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abubakar Aliagan     Kishira     Cassava Growers\' Association     Sanusi Abubakar