Men of the Oyo State Fire Service Agency have rescued a 90-year-old woman from a well in the Oyo township axis of Oyo State.
The woman was rescued in the early hours of Friday.
It was learnt that she was trapped in a well at Olore Compound, Pakoyi area, in Oyo town.
The woman has since been reunited with her family.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Fire Service Reform/ Agency Chairman Hon. Moroof Adebayo Akinwande confirmed the development to our correspondent.
Akinwande said his men were informed of the incident in the early hours of Friday and quickly swung into action to rescue the woman.
He added that the woman had received the necessary medical attention.
“Upon arrival, we met an aged woman over 90 years of age in the well.
“The fire crew quickly swung into action and tied necessary knots, and the woman was rescued alive from the well, about 36 feet deep, and handed over to her family for proper medical care.”
