Three people died after becoming trapped inside a well in the Ojoro area of Owode Ede, Ede North local government area of Osun State.
VisioTalks learned that two of the deceased were siblings who worked as masons, or bricklayers in local parlance.
It was also learned that the masons, Waliu Adediran, 31, and his younger brother, Lateef Adediran, 22, were hired to work on a building construction project for a 46-year-old pastor named Pastor Adebayo Oluwasina when the incident occurred.
Residents who witnessed the incident said it happened around 9:00 a.m. on Friday.
One of the residents revealed, speaking anonymously, that the brothers had begun work as planned, and Lateef was drawing water from the well when his drawer fell into the well and he went about recovering it.
“Lateef, the younger brother of the bricklayer, was fetching water from the well so that they could commence work at the construction site. While he was fetching the water, the drawer fell into the well.
“The boy climbed into the well in order to recover it but did not come out. After some minutes, in a bid to rescue the boy, his elder brother who was his master also climbed into the well and got trapped inside the well. He too did not come out.”
“When the two men entered the well and did not come out as expected, Pastor Oluwasina attempted to rescue them when he also got trapped in the well.
“The owner of the building construction attempted to rescue both of them and he also got trapped in the well.
“Infact, the three corpses were recovered but it was after all efforts made at recovering them failed that we called on the Osun State Fire Service who eventually recovered their bodies from the well.”
Adekunle Ibrahim, the spokesperson for the Osun State Fire Service, confirmed the news, saying that the bodies had been recovered and evacuated.
Adekunle also mentioned that the three men became trapped in the well due to the presence of Ammonia gas.
“When we were contacted, we immediately responded and recovered the three victims with the coordinated efforts of men of the Federal and Osun State Fire Services, A Division of the Nigerian Police, Ede and residents of the community.
“They were brought out dead. We have evacuated their corpses. Their bodies were taken to an undisclosed hospital by the O’ Ambulance crew, where they were also confirmed dead and their bodies handed over to their families.”
