Pastor, Siblings, Die In A Well While Searching For A Bucket In Osun
Three persons comprising of a pastor; Adebayo Oluwasina (46); two siblings; Lateef Adediran (22); and Waliu Adediran (31); tragically died on Friday while attempting to recover a bucket that fell into a well.
According to report, Oluwatosin recruited the two brothers who were bricklayers to work on his site located at the Owode area of Ede, Osun State. However, a bucket which Lateef was using to fetch water, fell inside the well and he went in to retrieve the bucket.
Waliu also went into the well as his younger brother did not come out after he went in in search of the bucket, he likewise, did not come out. The pastor was said to have also gone into the well in search of the two brothers but did not also come out.
A resident of Alaro Onigbin community in Owode Ede, who spoke to PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said;
“The younger of the two bricklayers was the one fetching water when the bucket fell inside the well. The boy entered the well to recover it, but did not come out. 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. They were eventually recovered from the well by the fire service men, but not alive.”
Confirming the incident on Saturday, spokesperson of the Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle, said;
“They were working within the compound of Mr Adebayo (the third victim) when their drawer fell into the well. The first victim went into the well with the hope of recovering the drawer, but he was trapped due to the presence of ammonia gas in the well.
“His elder brother, Adediran Waliyu, in an effort to recover his brother, was equally trapped. The owner of the premises also tried his luck to get them out before he got trapped too. It was at this juncture that they alerted the fire service.
“We immediately responded and recovered the three victims with the coordinated efforts of men of the state and federal services, police of A’ Division, Ede, and the community people. Their bodies were taken to an undisclosed hospital by the O’ Ambulance crew, where they were confirmed dead and their bodies handed over to their families.”
