Tragedy rocks a local community as a five-year-old girl, has fell and died inside a well in the area.
A local community in Zuma Rock, near Maddalla town of Niger State, were thrown into mourning recemtly when a 5-year-old girl fell and died inside a well in the area.
A resident of the community, Danjuma Bala, who disclosed this to a reporter, said the incident happened about 2:12p.m when the deceased followed her mother to fetch water from the well.
The mother left the little girl behind after she finished fetching water, and in an attempt to fetch water from the well, the little girl slipped and fell inside.
The deceased’s mother raised the alarm which attracted the attention of some neighbours, but when she returned, she could not find the drawing container and her child.
It was gathered that the father of the deceased, who was at his farm when the incident happened, later rushed back and mobilised local well diggers at Madalla to remove the corpse of the girl for burial...May her gentle soul RIP.