A 45-year-old man has died in a tragic incident in Oyo State after entering a deep well in an attempt to rescue a goat.
The Oyo State Fire Service confirmed the recovery of the man’s corpse from the well located in the Mokola area of Saki, Saki West Local Government Area. The agency also recovered the body of a second man, 30-year-old Shina Adedeji, from a separate well incident in Ogbomoso.
The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Reforms and Chairman of the state Fire Service, Moroof Akinwande, disclosed the details in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Akinwande explained that the Saki incident occurred on Monday. “The agency received a distress call on Monday at exactly 10:23 pm… that someone had fallen into a well,” he said.
Fire officers, led by PFS II Kolade Taiwo, promptly responded. “Upon arrival, it was discovered that a man of about 45 years was trapped inside a deep well. Our officers… successfully recovered the man from the well,” Akinwande stated.
He revealed the heartbreaking cause of the tragedy: “The incident occurred when the man willingly entered the well in an attempt to rescue a goat, during which he became trapped.”
In the separate Ogbomoso incident, which occurred on Tuesday morning, 30-year-old Shina Adedeji fell into a well at the Aaje Ikose area. Akinwande noted that Adedeji was “trapped in the well, which contained ammonia gas, while attempting to retrieve a fetcher.”
The Fire Service chairman used the opportunity to issue a stern safety warning to the public. He urged residents to always prioritise their safety in daily activities, “noting that life has no duplicate.”
This tragedy echoes a similar incident reported on January 25, where the Fire Service recovered the body of a 33-year-old man from an abandoned well at a filling station in the Alakia–Adegbayi area of Ibadan.
