Victor James in Ado-Ekiti
It was a big tragedy in Anaye village, a farmstead under Emure Ekiti in Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Sunday, as two young labourers fell into a deep well and died
The victims, identified as Foluso Ajayi and a young Ebira man from Kogi State popularly called Alhaji in Emure community, were labourers hired by a yet-to-be identified man who has a farm in Anaye village.
It was gathered that one of the two unfortunate men had attempted to retrieve his cell phone which fell into the well while he was fetching some water to cook.
A source said: “He fell into the well and couldn’t return and we guessed his partner had also attempted to save his colleague when he also fell into the well and died,” the man who didn’t want his name in print, said.
The source added that five Hausa men were hired to bring out the bodies of the two men from the well.
“The Hausa men had to tie ropes on their necks before drawing their bodies out of the deep well”, he said.
Asked how deep the well is, a middle aged man in the community said it would be about 16 rings deep.
Meanwhile, policemen attached to the Emure divisional police station, have gone to retrieve the deceased’s bodies and commenced investigations into the incident.
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