Toddler Still Missing As Lagos Logs Three Well-Related Deaths

A collection of well-related incidents in Lagos State over the previous 16 months has left individuals useless, others rescued and a toddler lacking, elevating considerations in regards to the risks posed by deep wells in residential areas and building websites.

The incidents, reported between June 2025 and October 2026, concerned a girl who died after falling right into a 170-foot effectively, two males rescued from wells in separate incidents and a person who died whereas making an attempt to save lots of a toddler who fell right into a home effectively.

The newest incident occurred on October 20, 2026, at Paul Street, inward Agbe Road, Abule Egba, when a two-year-old youngster fell right into a home effectively.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed {that a} resident who tried to rescue the toddler turned trapped within the effectively and died.

According to a press release by LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the company acquired a misery name at 9.48am and instantly deployed its response staff from the Igando Base.

Emergency responders, working with the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps and the Nigeria Police Force, launched a coordinated operation to get better the toddler.

However, the excessive quantity of water and thick mud on the backside of the effectively hampered the rescue efforts.

A specialist native diver was subsequently deployed for a closing search however reported that the toddler’s physique had sunk deep into the mud and couldn’t be recovered. Only one shoe was discovered.

“The gallant rescuer who attempted the rescue was recovered deceased,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.

“A specialist local diver was eventually deployed for a final search and confirmed that the toddler’s body had gone deep into the mud and could no longer be recovered, with only a single shoe recovered.”

The deceased rescuer’s stays have been handed over to his family members and members of the Hausa neighborhood for burial in accordance with their customs.

In one other incident on March 22, 2026, firefighters rescued a knife-wielding man from a deep effectively within the Owutu space of Ikorodu.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service stated its personnel from the Ikorodu Fire Station responded to the incident after it was reported at about 7am.

The company’s Controller-General, Margaret Adeseye, stated the person was contained in the effectively holding a knife and resisting rescue efforts.

Officers of the Nigeria Police Force from the Owutu Division assisted the firefighters in the course of the operation, which ended with the person being introduced out alive.

Earlier, on January 27, 2026, firefighters rescued an 84-year-old man who fell right into a effectively at No. 35A, Fadeyemi Street, Pipeline, Aboru, within the Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos.

Adeseye stated the company acquired a misery name at about 10.09am and deployed personnel from the Abesan Fire Station, who arrived on the scene roughly 11 minutes later.

The effectively was estimated to be about 140 toes deep.

The fireplace service stated preliminary observations advised a suspected case of tried suicide as a result of the effectively was adequately protected and securely coated.

The aged man was rescued alive and handed over to his household for additional medical consideration. The circumstances surrounding his fall have been to be investigated.

Meanwhile, a girl died after falling right into a 170-foot effectively at a building web site on Abuba Anthony Street, close to Obalagbe Bus Stop in Ijegun, Lagos.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service stated it acquired a misery name at about 7.34pm on June 30, 2025, reporting {that a} lady had fallen into the effectively on the entrance of a one-storey constructing underneath building.

The operation concerned a number of emergency and safety companies, together with the Nigeria Police Force, the Lagos State Ambulance Service and the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit.

After days of coordinated efforts, the girl’s physique was recovered on July 10, 2025, and handed over to officers of the environmental well being monitoring unit.

The State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, was subsequently tasked with additional investigations into the incident.