Four HND graduates die in well in Kogi

Four Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates were drowned in a well they were engaged to evacuate on Monday night in Kabba, headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

It was gathered that the four graduates, whose names were given as: David, Sunday, Ayo and Ogbekedo, with two of them from the same parents, specialized in digging wells.

A witness said the tragedy occurred at Zango quarters in Kabba, where a primary school mistress, whose name was given as Mrs. Agnes Baiyere, had contracted them to dig the well in the front of her newly constructed four-bedroom apartment.

The woman, a teacher in St. Mary’s Primary School, was said to have contracted one of them, David, who invited the others to join him in digging the well.

Work was said to have been completed, when two of them returned Monday evening, to evacuate some broken blocks that fell into the well.

However, when one of them entered into the well, he was said to have complained of dizziness, following which another came to his aid.

The two were said to have been trapped in the well and could not come out.

As the news filtered round, the two other workers, who were said to have made for the site to rescue their colleagues, were also trapped and could not come out

The Nation, April 3, 2019

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