Site Owner, Two Bricklayers Die During Construction

Category: Bizarre News

Three people on Friday died in a well at a construction site located in the Owode Area of Ede, Osun State.

The deceased, identified as Adebayo Oluwasina, said to be a cleric, aged 46 years, Lateef Adediran, 22 years and Waliu Adediran, aged 31 years, met their death while attempting to recover a fetcher that fell into a well.

A resident of Alaro Onigbin Community in Owode Ede, where the incident occurred, who preferred anonymity, said Waliu and Lateef were bricklayers engaged by Adebayo at his construction site.

He further said at the commencement of the day’s work, a fetcher being used to draw water fell into a well located 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, and the fetcher fell inside the well. The boy entered into 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 he also got trapped inside.

“The owner of the site, Pastor Shina, also went into the well in a bid to rescue the two persons that earlier got trapped, but he also could not come. The incident threw our community in panic and firemen from Osun State Fire Service were called to the scene. They were eventually recovered from the well by the fire service men, but not alive. The incident caused apprehension among the residents,” he said.