By Bashir Bello

KANO – Two persons have been confirmed dead after falling inside open water in Zainawa Village, Gezawa local government area of Kano State.

It was gathered that the duo of Umar Garba (24 years) and Rabi’u Ya’u (21 years) fell inside the open water on Wednesday at about 3:32 pm.

The Kano State Fire Service, Public Relations Officer, Saidu Muhammad confirmed this on Wednesday.

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Muhammad said they were rescued dead and handed over to the representative of Dakata village head, Malam Bala Ibrahim.

According to him, “We received a rescue call from Zainawa Village, Gezawa local government at 3:32 pm, through Malam Ibrahim Ya’u. We send our rescue team to the scene of the incident and found that two people by the names Umar Garba (24 years) and Rabi’u Ya’u (21 years) fell inside open water.

“The victims were rescued dead and handed over to the representative of Dakata village head, Malam Bala Ibrahim.

“We advise people to call fire service on time through our emergency line during any incident to save of lives and properties,” Muhammad however said.