‘How two labourers mysteriously died inside well in Osun’
By John Dike
Two men whose identities were yet to be ascertained as at press time working at a construction site in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday, were brought out dead from a well after they reportedly drowned, while attempting to retrieve a bucket being used to fetch water from the well.
The unfortunate incident happened at a construction site located opposite Ilesa Motor Park along the Ife-Ilesa expressway in Ile-Ife.
Sources near the scene of the incident who preferred anonymity, while speaking at different times, said the fetcher that the two labourers were used to fetch water dropped inside the well.
They said one of the two men had entered inside the well in an attempt to retrieve the fetcher but did not come out.
The sources further said the second labourer, having sensed that his partner was drowned, also entered into the well to rescue him, but also got stuck inside, leading to tension as people present were said to have contacted operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, as well as officials of the Federal Fire Services for assistance.
The spokesperson of NSCDC, Osun State Command, Kehinde Adeleke, told our correspondent that operatives of the Corps and men of Federal Fire Service retrieved the corpses of the labourers from the well.
Adeleke further said, “A tragic incident happened today Thursday 6th June 2024 Opposite Ilesa Motor Park along Ife-Ilesa road, Ile-Ife around 1309hours.
“Two middle-aged men from Iwo were engaged as workmen on a building project opposite Ilesa Motor Park, Ile-Ife.
“The unfortunate incident happened when the two workmen were fetching water from a deep well and the fetcher accidentally fell into the well.
“According to eyewitness accounts, one of the workmen, in an attempt to retrieve the fetcher, entered the well, but unfortunately, he got trapped and drowned.
“A rescue attempt made by the second workman got him drowned inside the deep well also.
” Corpses of the two men were retrieved through the joint efforts of the NSCDC and Federal Fire Service operatives officials.
