The Oyo State Fire Service Agency on Sunday recovered the body of a 33-year-old man from a deep well at a Rain Oil Filling Station in the Alakia–Adegbayi area of Ibadan, Egbeda Local Government Area.
Investigations revealed that the incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. when the victim, whose identity was withheld, reportedly entered an abandoned well to clear debris and became trapped.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Reform and Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service Agency, Moroof Akinwande, said the agency received a distress call at 10:53 a.m. indicating that a person had fallen into a deep well.
“This agency received a distress call on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at exactly 10:53 hours through a telephone call that someone was trapped in a well,” the statement said.
Akinwande disclosed that fire officers led by Assistant Chief Fire Superintendent Bamidele Samsudeen responded promptly to the scene and carried out the rescue operation using appropriate equipment.
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“Upon arrival, the officers swung into action with the necessary rescue equipment, recovered the body and handed it over to a team of policemen from Gbagi Police Division, Ibadan,” he said.
He added that the operation was conducted in collaboration with the Federal Fire Service, Ibadan Command.
Preliminary findings, according to Akinwande, indicated that the victim died from inhalation of ammonia gas while attempting to clean debris inside the abandoned well.
Meanwhile, the fire service chairman noted that the state recorded 246 fire incidents in 2025.