Two workers at a construction site on Thursday afternoon, died after attempting to pick a fetcher that fell into a well at a site in Ile-Ife.
Gatekeepers News reports that according to reports, the incident occurred along Ife-Ilesa road, opposite Ilesa motor park.
An eyewitness named Usman Olawale disclosed that the deceased were at the well to fetch water but the fetcher fell into the well and one of them entered the well to retrieve it but he got stuck.
He added “The other man suddenly entered into the well too to rescue his colleague but was stucked inside the well. This prompted co-workers to raise alarm and attracted other people in the vicinity. “
“The people then called operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense as well as fire service personnel, who eventually retrieved the bodies of the dead workers.”
When contacted, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps spokesperson, Kehinde Adeleke said the two men came from Iwo to work at the construction site.
She added that the bodies of the two men were later recovered from the well after several hours by operatives of both NSCDC and Fire service.
