A 3 year old boy has lost his life after he fell into a deep well, while running around playing with friends.
According to reports, a 3 year old boy, Emmanuel Samuel, has died on Sunday after he mistakenly fell into a well in front of a building on Hassan Sule Street, Ita Oluwo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.
The little boy, his elder brother, Timileyin Samuel, and some of their friends were playing around 3pm in the area when the deceased lost his footing and tumbled into the well.
PUNCH Metro learnt that residents and officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, who came to the area after receiving a distress call, had difficulties rescuing the victim due to the depth of the well.
Our correspondent gathered that a member of the Oodua People’s Congress later summoned up courage and went down the well to rescue the boy at about 7pm.
He brought out the boy dead.
It was learnt that the well was dug about eight years ago by the landlord of the building but was abandoned when it did not produce water.