Two construction workers attempting to retrieve fetcher die inside well in Osun

There was confusion in Ile-Ife on Thursday when two yet-to-be-identified construction workers died inside a well.

The Nation gathered the incident occurred around 1:16PM opposite Ilesa motor park along Ife/Ilesa road when one of the workers was fetching water at the well.

An eyewitness said: “One of the workers was fetching water but accidentally the fetcher fell inside the well, while attempting to retrieve it, he was trapped.

The co-worker attempted to rescue him was also trapped in the well. They were engaged from Iwo town to work on the site.”

Osun spokesperson of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), Mrs Kehinde Adeleke confirmed the incident.

She noted that the corpses were retrieved by operatives and men of the Federal Fire Service.