By Ado Oyeyemi
Firefighters in Kwara State have recovered the body of an unidentified man, believed to be about 50 years old, from a river near Royal Valley Bridge in the Kulende area of Ilorin.
The body was retrieved on Tuesday after a passerby spotted it floating in the river and alerted a radio station, which subsequently contacted the state fire service.
The Kwara State Fire Service confirmed the development in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Hassan Adekunle, and made available to journalists in Ilorin.
According to the statement, the emergency response team received the report and arrived at the scene at about 3:44 pm before commencing the recovery operation.
The firefighters subsequently retrieved the body and handed it over to a police officer, SUP Abdulganiu Garuba, attached to the E-Division Police Station, Kulende, for further investigation.
The fire service said the circumstances surrounding the man’s death remained unclear, adding that investigations were expected to establish the cause of the incident.
The Chief Fire Officer, Alabi Muhammed, commended the passerby for promptly reporting the discovery and the radio station for relaying the information to the appropriate emergency agency.
He urged residents to report emergencies and suspicious incidents without delay to enable authorities to respond promptly.
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The incident comes about two weeks after another man was feared drowned following an alleged altercation at Asa Bridge along Emir’s Road in Ilorin on October 18. The man was reportedly said to have jumped into the river.
