17-Year-Old Girl Drowns in Asa River, Ilorin

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A 17-year-old girl drowned on Wednesday at Asa river, along the Harmony Estate bridge, Kulende area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital.

The spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday.

He said a team of firemen was summoned to the scene of the incident through a telephone call at about 13.09hours.

The spokesman, however, expressed sadness that the victim was rescued dead by the firemen.

Her body, he added, was later transferred and handed over to the DPO of ‘E’ Division, Kulende estate area in Ilorin.