The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that a 17-year-old boy drowned at Titin Jajira in Tofa Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the Kano State Fire Service spokesman, stated on Monday that the service’s rescue team brought the boy out of a pond, but was later confirmed dead by a doctor.
The corpse was handed over to the police at Bachirawa Police Divisional headquarter, he stated.
Abdullahi added that the fire service would continue to investigate the incident.