Man drowns in Kano open water
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 20-year-old man, Yusuf Aliyu, who drowned in open water at Danbare, Layin Bakar Lamba in Kano.
“We received a distress call at about 3:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon from one Danlami Danladi.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 4:05 p.m.,” the spokesman of the Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said on Saturday.
Mr Abdullahi said that Mr Aliyu was, however, brought out of the water dead.
He added that the corpse had been handed over to his father, Aliyu Safiyanu.
The spokesman said that the cause of the incident was being investigated.
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