Osun cleric, two brothers, and missing bucket all perish in well in osun state

At a well at a building site in the Owode neighborhood of Ede, Osun State, three individuals perished on Friday. Adebayo Oluwasina, a 46-year-old clergyman, Lateef Adediran, 22, and Waliu Adediran, 31, perished while attempting to retrieve a bucket that had fallen into a well.

Feb 18, 2023 - 11:38
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Osun cleric, two brothers, and missing bucket all perish in well in osun state

Three people on Friday died in a well at a construction site in the Owode area of Ede, Osun State.The deceased, a cleric, Adebayo Oluwasina, 46; Lateef Adediran, 22; and Waliu Adediran, 31; met their death while attempting to recover a bucket that fell into a well.A resident of Alaro Onigbin community in Owode Ede, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Waliu and Lateef were bricklayers engaged by Adebayo at his construction site.He said at the commencement of the day's work, a bucket being used to draw water fell into the well within the construction site and one of the two bricklayers went in search of it but got trapped."The younger of the two bricklayers was the one fetching water when the bucket fell inside the well.   After some minutes, his elder brother, Waliu, went into the well to rescue him, but also got trapped inside."The owner of the site, Pastor Shina, also went into the well in a bid to rescue the two persons who earlier got trapped, but he also could not come out.
 "The incident threw our community into panic and firemen from the Osun State Fire Service were called to the scene.  Their bodies were brought out of the well by fire service personnel, but not alive. The fire service said they got trapped due to the presence of ammonia gas in the well. Fire service spokesperson Ibrahim Adekunle confirmed the incident. The spokesperson for the Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle, confirmed the incident Adekunle said the three men were brought out of the well dead, adding that they got trapped due to the presence of ammonia gas in the well.He said, "They were working within the compound of Mr Adebayo (the third victim) when their drawer fell into the well. 

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