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9-year-old girl drowns in Kano after falling into well while fetching water

A 9-year-old girl have died after falling into a well while fetching water in Kwagar Kanawa, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State.

The spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Malam Saidu Muhammad, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, November 20, said a distress call was received from Kwagar Kanawa at 8am through the Gezawa police division.

“Officers of the service arrived at the scene and discovered that it was a girl of about nine (9) years old that fell inside a well while fetching water. She was rescued unconscious and later confirmed dead. Her corpse was handed to Village head by name Alhaji Abubakar Usman of kwagar kanawa village.” he said. 

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