Woman found dead inside a well in an Ilorin Mosque

A 65-year old woman, popularly called Iya Majeobaje, who was in charge of ensuring sanitary condition of a mosque in llorin, Kwara state has been found dead inside a well at the mosque premises.

It was gathered that the incident happened at Ansarul Deen Mosque, Osere, Sawmill area in llorin West Local Government Area of the state at the weekend.

It was reported that the woman fell into the well last Friday at about 5:00 pm while fetching water to clean the mosque. She was brought out dead on Saturday afternoon.

Residents in the area said that there was nobody within the vicinity of the mosque to rescue her when she fell inside the well.

Some of the residents of the area who discovered the dead woman immediately alerted the state fire service in llorin.

The Director of the State Fire Service, Mr. Tiamiyu Raji, who confirmed the incident, said personnel from the Fire Service removed the woman from the well dead on Saturday.

He said that the corpse of the woman was taken to the B Division of Police State Command, Surulere in llorin metropolis.

However, the Kwara state police command was yet to confirm the incident.