Man dies after bathing in a river in Kano

A yet to be identified man has drowned after reportedly having his bath in  a river.

The 25-year old died on Tuesday, September 15, after drowning  in a river at Zangon Buhari in Bunkere Local Government Area of Kano State.

Speaking to the public, the Police Public Relations Officer, Kano State, Saidu Mohammed, revealed that the deceased went to bath in the river when he drowned.

Mr Saidu said;

We received a distress call from Zangon Buhari in Bunkure local government at 06:30 am hours.In response to the call we sent our rescue team with equipments to the scene of incident and discovered it was a man of about 25 years drowned into a pond.

The victim was pulled out unconscious and confirmed dead. His corpse was handed over to ward head of Zangon Buhari on behalf of his families.