A 45-year-old man has died after getting trapped in a soakaway pit while evacuating accumulated faecal matter in the Oke Ado area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
The incident occurred on Monday evening along NTC Road, where the man was carrying out the evacuation before he became trapped inside the pit.
The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday.
Akinwande said firefighters were deployed to the scene and recovered the man’s body from the soakaway pit.
He explained that the rescue team used necessary knots to retrieve the victim before handing him over to policemen from the Iyaganku Divisional Headquarters.
The police team was led by SP Francis Nwamini.
The fire service chairman did not disclose the circumstances that led to the man’s death.
Kehinde Ayanboade
Kehinde Ayanboade is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Naija Metro News, with over eight years of experience covering Nigerian politics, crime, legislative proceedings and metropolitan affairs.
