The body of an unidentified man, estimated to be about 50 years old, has been recovered from a river near Royal Valley Bridge in the Kulende area of Ilorin, Kwara State.
The Kwara State Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, saying it received a report about a body floating in the river.
According to the service’s spokesperson, Hassan Adekunle, the alert was raised by a passerby who spotted the body and contacted Sobi FM, which subsequently notified the fire service.
“The fire service received the report and turned it out at 15:44hrs after a passerby who noticed the body in the river contacted Sobi FM, which subsequently alerted the fire service,” Adekunle said.
He explained that firefighters immediately commenced a recovery operation and successfully retrieved the body of the man, whose identity had yet to be established.
Adekunle added that the recovered body was handed over to SUP Abdulganiu Garuba of the E-Division Police Station, Kulende, Ilorin, for further necessary action.
He said the circumstances surrounding the incident and the cause of the man’s death remained unknown, adding that further investigations were expected to establish the details.
