HARUNA AHMED, Kano –
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 20-year-old man, Yusuf Aliyu, who drowned in open water at Danbare, Layin Bakar Lamba in Kano.
The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed the incident to newsmen on Saturday in Kano.
According to him: “We received a distress call at about 3.45 p.m on Friday afternoon from one Danlami Danladi”.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 4:05 p.m.,” he said.
Abdullahi said that Aliyu was, however, brought out of the water dead. He added that the corpse had been handed over to his father, Aliyu Safiyanu.
The spokesman said that the cause of the incident was being investigated.
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