The entire people of Sarai village in Dawakin Kudu local government area of Kano State were on Thursday thrown into confusion when the lifeless body of a 96-year-old woman was discovered in a toilet pit (suckaway).
The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service Department, Saminu Abdullahi confirmed the incident in a statement, a copy of which was made available to Daily Telescope.
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He said the Emergency Response Unit of the service received a distress call from one Usman Adamu on Thursday (yesterday) reporting the tragedy of a woman falling into a toilet pit in Sarai village in DawakinKudu LGA of the state.
“The Kano State Fire Service under the leadership of the Director, Sani Anas, the Emergency Response Unit of the agency received a distress call from Usman Adamu, today being Thursday, 6 November, 2025, at about 09:27 am, reporting the tragedy of a woman falling into a toilet pit (suckaway) in Sarai village in Dawakin Kudu local government area.
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“Our rescue team from the agency’s headquarters went to the scene of the incident, on their arrival, they found a 96-year-old woman named Habiba Ado, whose relatives told us that she was suffering from mental illness,” he said.
Abdullahi said her relatives also confirmed that they had been searching for her for four days but could not find her until today (Thursday) when they discovered her corpse in a toilet pit.
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“They further appealed to the owner of the house to cover the pit to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.
He added that the rescue team successfully retrieved her out of the pit unconscious and later confirmed that she was dead adding that the victim had since been handed over to the Ward Head, Alhaji Musa Muhammad for proper burial.
