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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