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Father, Son, One Other Die In Pit Toilet While Trying To Retrieve Cellphone
Gaye and Alasan also entered to rescue both men and they also got trapped
Kano State– Tragedy struck as 60-year-old Nigerian man, Malam Danjuma, popularly known as “Black”, his son, Ibrahim, 35, and one Aminu Gaye, also 35, died in a pit toilet while trying to retrieve a cell phone.
The Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident on Sunday, April 21, said that Danjuma was trying to retrieve a cell phone that fell into the pit toilet when he got trapped.
It was gathered that his son entered the pit toilet to save his father and also got trapped.
He said the service received an emergency call from Tsanyawa Fire Station at about 11:00 a.m. that four men had been trapped inside a pit toilet.
“Gaye and Alasan also entered to rescue both men and they also got trapped,” he said.
Abdullahi said the first three victims were rescued unconscious, while the fourth victim was rescued alive.
He said all the victims were handed over to Superintendent of Police Iro Lado, at the Tsanyawa police division.
Abdullahi, further stated that the police conveyed the victims to Bichi Special Hospital for medical attention where doctors on duty confirmed the three dead and one still alive.