3-Year Old Boy Drowns In Well

Tragedy occurred on Wednesday at Ofada area of Mowe, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, when a three-year old boy fell into an open well and drowned.

The little boy, Ola William, had just returned from tutorials in his school and was playing around the vicinity when the incident happened.

It was gathered that the well had been left  uncovered since it was dug and was quickly covered after the boy died inside it.

The mother of the child  (who does not want her name mentioned) said she went to Lagos for business purpose and that she did not always leave the boy, her only child, behind whenever she went out.

On the fateful day, she said the boy was left with her younger brother, Tosin, but that he also went out and left the boy with her grandmother at home.

Neigbours said none of them saw the boy when he wandered to where the well is  located.

It was gathered that when William’s mother came back from Lagos, she inquired about the whereabouts of her child, but no one could tell her where he was.

Then  a frantic search for him in the neighbourhood began.

After a long period of inquiry and search, one of the search parties discovered the slippers of William beside the  well.

On getting to the well, the little boy was seen floating on water, having been dead for hours.