A 12-year-old girl, Blessing, reportedly died when she fell into a
pit latrine at Asin-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
A witness, Mrs Ruth Bamidele, said on Thursday that the deceased
was running an errand for her parents on Monday evening when the incident
occurred.
Bamidele said the girl mistakenly stepped on rusty and weak
concrete that covered the pit latrine and fell inside with nobody around to
rescue her.
She said her parents raised alarm on Monday night when she did not
return home and the search for her whereabouts continued till Tuesday morning.
She said, “One of the neighbours in search of the missing girl
noticed the collapsed lid of the pit toilet in a residential building situated
behind the Alasin palace.
“A lifeless body was sighted inside the pit and was later brought
out; it was the missing girl and the incident threw the entire community into
mourning.”
Meanwhile, the Ikole Local Government Council has warned all
landlords in the area with uncompleted or damaged pit latrines to put them in
good shape.
Mr Tunde Famuyisan, Head, Environment Department in the council
area, gave the warning on Thursday when reacting to the unfortunate incident
that claimed the life of the innocent girl.
Famuyisan said that all sanitary inspectors in the area have been
directed to move from house to house to ensure that every residential building
in the council area has functional toilets.
He appealed to residents to give useful information to the council
workers, so as to detect houses with unsafe pit toilets.
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