The Kwara State Fire Service with a collective effort of the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Nigerian Police Force, on
Saturday, recovered three corpses including the body a popular cleric,
Sheikh Gani Aboto along Sobi road in Ilorin, the state capital, following
Friday’s downpour.
A statement released by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara
State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, stated that the three human
bodies and a Toyota Yaris with Registration Number APP544E were
recovered from a river at Opposite Olusola Saraki Abattoir, along Sobi
Road in Ilorin capital of Kwara State.

The Informant247 gathered that the incident occurred during the
Friday’s downpour, when the casualties were struggling to drive
through the bridge and suddenly got stuck by the flood, thereby
pushing them into the river.
The personnel of NSCDC Akerebiata Division, NPF and Kwara State
Fire Service and people in the neighborhood gave their full support in
the rescue operations.
The statement read: “The rescue operation began early this morning
(today Saturday 01/10/2022) at about 0810hrs. The corpse of one of
the victims was found and recovered from the scene and immediately
taken to a mortuary. Further searching continued this afternoon. The
car was removed from the river and corpse of other two victims inside
the car were recovered.

“The three victims involved in the accident were later identified as
follows:
1) Sheikh Abdulganiyu Nuraini (popularly called Alfa Gani Aboto)
2) Alfa Azeez Omoekun
3) Alfa Nurudeen.
“The corpse of Sheikh Aboto is being taking to his country home
Aboto, ASA LGA of Kwara State as at time of filing this report while
that of the third person had been taken to Ilorin Muslim Cemetery for
funeral according to the Islamic right.”

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