Sand kills five friends preparing for wedding in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of five friends trapped under a heap of sand at Yanlami Village in the Bichi local government area.
They were helping one of their friends to prepare for his wedding by getting sand to build him a house.
A statement by the fire service spokesman Saminu Abdullahi on Sunday said the incident occurred on Saturday morning.
“We received a distress call from Bichi Fire Station that puddle trench has covered five people. We sent our rescue team to the scene at about 11:05 a.m.,’’ Mr Abdullahi said.
The victims were Alasan Abdulhamid, 22, Jafaru Abdulwahabu, 30, Jibrin Musa, 30, Masaudu Nasiru, 25, and Muhammad Sulaiman, 35.
“The victims were trapped while working in a puddle trench to get sand with the intention to help their friend, who was about to marry, build a house,” explained the fire service official. “Part of the sand collapsed and covered them, and they died subsequently.“
He added that the recovered bodies were handed over to the police and the village head of Yanlami.
(NAN)
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