The Kano State Fire Service has rescued a 60-year old man, Adamu Manjo, trapped in a well at Dandishe Quarters in Dala Local Government Area of the state.

Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the service, stated this in a statement he signed and released to newsmen on Monday in Kano.

Abdullahi explained in the statement that the incident happened on Monday morning.

“We received a distress call from one Zakari Abdulkadir at about 10:02 a.m., and immediately; we sent our rescue team to the scene at about 10:11a.m,.” he said.

He said that Manjo was hired by one Abubakar Shehu-Musa to dig out sand for him but he got trapped in the well.

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Abdullahi added that the victim was brought out from the well alive and had been handed over to Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Musa of Dandishe Quarters.