A 40-year-old man, Mu’azu Garba, has died in a septic tank at Jigirya, in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi who announced Garba’s death, said the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon.
“We received an emergency call at about 01:35 p.m. from one Abbas Abubakar, that a man has been trapped inside a soak-away.
“The man was trying to bring out his mobile phone that fell inside the soak-away.
“We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 01:45 p.m,’’ he said.
He said the victim was however, brought out of the septic tank already dead, and his corpse was handed over to the Ward Head of Jigirya, Alhaji Nuhu Adamu.
Abdullahi said Garba was using his mobile phone in the toilet when it fell inside and he went to get it from the septic tank.