12-year-old Kano pupil slips into well exchanging banters with friends, dies

A 12-year-old pupil of a Qur’anic school has died at Rummawa Gabas in Ungogo Local Government Area Kano State, after slipping into a well while while exchanging banters with his peers.

Spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, stated in Kano that the pupil was brought out of the well unconscious and was later confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

He added that the teenager was oblivious of the fact that he was standing at a dangerous spot.

His corpse was handed over to the village head of Rummawa Gabas, Malam Zaharadeen Sule-Ibrahim, he stated.

Abdullahi added that the pupil slipped into the well while exchanging banters with his peers oblivious of the fact that he was standing at a dangerous spot.