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2 women drown in Kano

Two women have been confirmed dead in a pond in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State.

The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Abdullahi stated: “We received a distress call on Tuesday morning at about 11:15 a.m. from a vigilance group at Gezawa that women had drowned in a pond.

“The relatives of the victims informed vigilance group that the women worked at a ‘Zobo’ (Hibiscus) processing company.

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“They said that the women had gone to the pond after closing from work and drowned.

“We quickly sent our rescue team to the scene and recovered the corpses from the pond.”

He said the corpses were handed over to a police constable at the Gezawa police division, Musa Garba.

The police spokesman urged the people of Kano State to desist from going near open waters and rivers to prevent unfortunate incidences.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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