Two teenagers have died after falling into a pond while allegedly trying to escape from suspected phone snatchers in Kano State.
The Kano State Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Public Relations Officer, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi.
According to the statement, the incident happened on Friday, March 6, 2026, at about 4:04 p.m. at Ring Road Kureken Sani in Kumbotso Local Government Area.
“The Emergency Response Unit (Control Room) received an emergency call from Muhd Abba reporting an incident at Ring Road Kureken Sani in Kumbotso Local Government Area,” the statement said.
It added that a rescue team from the Service Headquarters was immediately deployed to the scene.
“On arrival, the team discovered that two 18-year-old youths, Sadiq Isyaku and Auwal Isyaku, had fallen into an open water.”
The fire service said the victims were rescued from the water unconscious but were later confirmed dead.
“Their bodies were handed over to their father, Ibrahim Shehu, of Unguwa Uku Quarters,” the statement added.
The service explained that preliminary information indicated that the teenagers fell into the pond while trying to escape from suspected phone snatchers.
“Preliminary information received indicated that the tragedy occurred while the victims were attempting to escape from suspected phone snatchers who were pursuing them. In the process of trying to save themselves, they accidentally fell into the pond,” the statement said.
In a separate incident, the fire service said its rescue team saved a man who fell into a well in Kano Municipal.
According to the statement, the emergency call was received on Monday, March 9, 2026, at about 7:12 p.m. from Abdullahi Aminu reporting that a person had fallen into a well at Durumin Zungura by Assahabul Khahafi.
“Our men from the agency’s headquarters were immediately mobilized to the scene of incident,” the statement said.
It added that on arrival, the team found a man identified as Shitu Balarabe, about 40 years old, inside the well.
“The rescue team successfully retrieved him alive and handed him over to his brother, Jamilu Balarabe, of Durumin Zungura Kano City.”
The Kano State Fire Service extended its condolences to the families affected by the incidents and advised the public to take precautions.
“The Service also calls on members of the public to take precautionary measures to prevent such tragedies by ensuring that children and youths stay away from open water, and to build or construct protective walls and provide metal covers for wells to prevent people and animals from falling in,” the statement said.
Two teenagers die after falling into pond while fleeing phone snatchers in Kano
