The Oyo State Fire Service has recovered the bodies of two men from separate well incidents in different parts of the state, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
The victims were identified as 30-year-old Shina Adedeji and another man, estimated to be about 45 years old, whose identity was withheld. Both incidents occurred within 24 hours in Ogbomoso and Saki, respectively.
The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Reforms and Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Moroof Akinwande, disclosed the details in a statement issued in Ibadan.
According to Akinwande, the first incident occurred on Monday night at the Mokola area of Saki in Saki West Local Government Area. He said the agency received a distress call at about 10:23 p.m. reporting that a man had fallen into a deep well.
Firefighters led by PFS II Kolade Taiwo were immediately deployed to the scene, where they discovered that the victim had willingly entered the well in an attempt to rescue a goat but became trapped. The man was eventually recovered dead from the well.
The second incident occurred on Tuesday morning at the Aaje Ikose area of Ogbomoso in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area. Akinwande said the fire service was alerted at about 9:45 a.m. that a man had fallen into a well.
Fire officers, led by CFM Oladejo, responded promptly and recovered the body of Shina Adedeji from the well. The chairman explained that the well contained ammonia gas and that the victim was trapped while attempting to retrieve a fetcher.
Akinwande warned residents to exercise extreme caution in their daily activities and avoid taking unnecessary risks, stressing that “life has no duplicate.”
He added that the incidents were similar to a case reported on January 25, 2026, when the Oyo State Fire Service recovered the body of a 33-year-old man from a deep well at a Rain Oil Filling Station in the Alakia–Adegbayi area of Ibadan, Egbeda Local Government Area.
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