A teenage boy, identified as Muhammad Ghali, has lost his life in an open water popularly known as “Promise”.
The16-year-old boy, drowned on Tuesday night at Janbulo, Gwale Local Government Area of the state.
The Kano State Fire Service confirmed his death in a statement issued by the service spokesperson, Saminu Abdullahi, adding that the victim went to take a bath when he drowned.
“We received a distress call at about 10:20 p.m. on Tuesday from one Inuwa Mu’azu.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 10:30 p.m.,” he said.
Abdullahi said that Ghali was, however, brought out of the water dead.
He added that his corpse had been handed over to the ward head of Janbulo quarters, Umar Shehu.