22-year-old man drowns in Kano

Mon, Aug 3, 2020
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A 22-year-old, Yusuf Abdullahi, drowned while bathing in a pond at Danhassan, in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State.

Malam Saidu Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano on Sunday.

According to him, the incident happened this afternoon. “We received a distress call on Sunday afternoon from one Malam Sadi Ibrahim, at about 03:31 p.m., that Abdullahi’s body was found floating in a pond.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 03:42 p.m. He was brought out and handed over to the village head of Garin Kaya, Alhaji Aminu,” he said.

He said that the cause of death was still under investigation. (NAN)

– Aug. 3, 2020 @ 8:45 GMT |

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