A plumber, Bankole Adeshina, has lost his life while working inside a well on Abosede Awolola Street in the Itamaga area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
gathered that Adeshina and his apprentice, Tajudeen Akasoro, were working together when the 50-year-old, who was said to have supported himself with a rope, entered the well to do some repairs.Immediately the incident happened,gathered that emergency responders, including personnel of the Lagos State Fire Service and the state police command from the Igbogbo Police Division were contacted to rescue the victim.
“Immediately the incident happened, we informed the police and the state fire service was also contacted and they came here to recover his corpse,” a resident said. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said a resident, Patrick Adeyemi, informed the police about the incident, adding that after Adeshina’s body was recovered from the well, it was deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.
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