The well in a Lagos house

In two separate incidents in Lagos,Nigeria, two persons have died inside wells.

In Imota, Ikorodu area of Lagos, a 60-year old man accidentally fell into a 120 feet deep well. He was recovered, dead.

In Idimu area of Lagos, a middle-aged woman committed suicide by jumping into another well. The woman, said to be aged 53, deliberately took the plunge into the 130-feet well.

The Imota incident happened near the Town Hall at about 4 a.m on Friday.

Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe said the man was recovered from the well dead around 8:13pm. He identified the deceased as Adeoye Afolabi.

He said the man had woken up around 4a.m on Friday and told his wife he had an appointment to catch. He was also said to have told his wife to boil water for him to take his bath.

Fadipe said when his wife finished boiling the water, she discovered that the man was nowhere to be found. Later she saw his bathroom slippers close to the well and raised the alarm.

The woman who dived into the Idimu well was identified as Amoke Adeoko. The incident happened on Friday night, according to the Director of Lagos Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe.

She was brought out dead around 11:05pm by firemen from Ikotun, supported by Alausa Fire Station.

According to him, the woman might be mentally deranged and had been abandoned by her children.

“The woman was said to be in control of one of the storey buildings in the compound which her late husband left behind for her. But her children abandoned her because of her state.

“On Friday, one of her children was said to have come around the house and bought a gift for her. Unknown to him, the woman sighted him afar with the man sending the gift to her through somebody else and he did not come to see her.

“It was probable that the woman was fully conscious about the slight at that time. She then deliberately jumped into the deep well and was brought out dead,” Fadipe stated.

Fadipe advised people having aged people to ensure that they assigned somebody to them.

He also advised that wells inside compounds should be covered and padlocked to avoid people falling into them.