A sewage tank in Kano State has claimed the lives of two toilet diggers.
Saminu Abdullahi, the Kano State Fire Service’s public relations officer, confirmed the incident in Kano via a statement. He said the service had received a distress call from one Musa Abdullahi informing them that toilet diggers had become stuck in a pit toilet while draining it.
Musa and Rabiu Abdullahi, brothers aged 27 and 17, were confirmed dead on Saturday.
“On Saturday, January 21, 2023, the state Fire Service control room received an emergency call at about 20:41 hrs from Na Musa Abdullahi sir Muhammad.
“He reported an incident at Sabon Gari Market, Layin Abacha, Fagge Local Government Area, when our men arrived at the scene, at about 20:47hrs, they discovered that two biological brothers were working in a public convenience pit toilet and were discovered trapped in a wide deep sock-away while draining the suck-away chamber,” the statement read.
“In the process, Musa Abdullahi, about 27 years old, was trapped inside, while his partner and brother, Abdullahi Rabiu, about 17 years old, made attempts to rescue his brother but he too, like his brother was unfortunately trapped in the soak-away inner chamber.”
“In the process, Musa Abdullahi, about 27 years old, was trapped inside, while his partner and brother, Abdullahi Rabiu, about 17 years old, made attempts to rescue his brother but he too, like his brother was unfortunately trapped in the soak-away inner chamber,” it added.
The brothers were successfully saved by firefighters after they swung into action, but they were both unconscious when they were brought to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist hospital, where the doctors on duty at the Emergency department proclaimed them both dead.
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