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.

Risikat Lawal     Shonga     Musibau Akanji     Abdullahi Biffo     CCB     Lateef Alagbonsi     Yakubu Gobir     Kawu     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Yakub Lai Gobir     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Bukola Ajikobi     PharmAccess Foundation     Ahmed \'Lateef     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Gbugbu     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Funmilayo Zubair     Wahab Agbaje     Onikijipa     Tanke     Kuliyan Geri     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Belgore     Lanre Issa Onilu     Salake     Yusuf Abubakar     Atiku     2017 Budget     Gbajabiamila     Falokun-Oja     Wole Oke     Mahe Abdulkadir     Bature Bello     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Abraham Ojo     Kishira     Titus Ashaolu     Maryam Ado Bayero     John Obuh     Michael Nzekwe     Durbar     Radio SBS     UTME     Bola Magaji     Okin High School     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Marafan Shonga     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Ileloke     NNPP     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Kwara State Football Association     Suleman Abubakar     AGILE Programme     Lawan     Royal FM     Jimoh Akani     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Abdulrasaq Alaro     QuickWin     Sambo Murtala     Okin Malt     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Ekiti     Aro Yahaya     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     James Kolo     KWASSIP     Adekunle David Dunmade     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Shehu Salau     Edu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kolade Solagberu     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Iyeru Grammar School     Ekiti     Just Law Forum     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Olaoye B. Felix     Okanlawon Taiwo     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Muazam Nayaya     Local Government Pension Board     Share     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Aminu Ado Bayero     Owo Arugbo     Olupako Of Share     Isin     Offa Descendants Union     HICA     Obuh     Bamidele Adegoke     Unilorin FM     Moses Salami     Abdulrauf Yusuf     NaAllah     Sa\'adu Salahu     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Oluranti Idowu     Nigerian Army     KWACOBPA     Tinubu     Ajakaye     Rotimi Oyedepo     KWASIEC     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Al-Ilory     Moronfoye     Ibrahim Taiwo     Abdulkareem Alabi     Haliru Yahaya     Ishaq Oloyede     Edu     Aliyu Adebayo     Kwara Central     GANZY     IYA ALFA NLA     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Al-Hikmah University     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Hajj     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Kwara 2019     Bashir Badawi     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Baaziki Sulaiman     Azeez Salawu     Saba Jibril     General Hospital, Offa     Peter Amogbonjaye     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Oba Abdulraheem     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Sadiq Umar     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Oyun     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Ibrahim Jawondo     Musbau A. Akanji     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Oke-Kura