Two teenagers drown while swimming in a stream in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the d3aths of two teenagers who drowned while swimming in a stream at Hayin Yawa Gada, Tudun Wada Local Government Area, on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
The agency also reported the recovery of a man’s body from a well in Jaba Masaka Shago Tara on the same day.
In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the service, Saminu Abdullahi, said the agency’s Emergency Response Unit in Tudun Wada received a distress call from CG Hisbah around 2:00 p.m. reporting the drowning incident.
“Upon arrival at the scene, our personnel discovered two 15-year-old boys, identified as Habu Sani and Haruna Isah, who had entered a stream flowing beneath a bridge and tragically drowned,” the statement read.
According to Abdullahi, the children drowned “in the water way with the intention of local swimming.
“Our men successfully rescued them unconscious and later confirmed dead and men handed over the victims to Inspector Usaini Iliya of Tudun Wada police division.”
He further explained that another tragedy occurred the following morning.
He said, “The second incident occurred on Thursday, 10th October 2025, at about 08:15 am, when the central control room received an emergency call from P & G Kwalli police division reporting the discovery of a human body in a well at Jaba Masaka Shago Tara.
“Our men from the state headquarters were mobilised to the scene of the incident, on arrival they successfully removed the victim from the well. The victim was handed over to the Ward Head of the area, Ado Idris.”
