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A 25-year-old man, Ammar Ibrahim, has drowned in a river at Tattarawa village, in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service<\/strong><\/a>, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi said the incident occurred Aug. 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received an emergency call at about 11:34a.m. from one Muhammad Sani and we sent our rescue team to the scene at about 11:55a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tricycle operator, who was on his way back to Kano, parked at the road side near a river with the intention of washing the tricycle, but unfortunately slid into the river.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made several efforts to escape but he became helpless,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n

He said that the late Ibrahim was brought out of the water unconscious and was later confirmed dead.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi said the corpse had been handed over to Insp. Jerry Mathew of Dawakin Tofa Police Division.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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