Drama as suspected thief falls into well in attempt to scale fence

A 35-year-old unidentified man suspected to be a
burglar on Thursday, drowned in a well on Modupe
Ajayi Close in the Alagbado area of Lagos State,
The Punch reports.
Reports say he attempted to scale the fence into
the compound at about 1am when he landed in the
well.
Residents were said to have been woken up by his
groans, after which they alerted the police and
officials of the Lagos State Fire Service.
The Director of the Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said
efforts were ongoing to ascertain the identity of the
victim but an official of the fire service who didn’t
want his name mentioned, said “Somebody ran into
our Agege station around 1am and said a man had
fallen into their well.
“He was recovered dead about one hour late,” the
official noted.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, said
“At about 1.30am, one Tosin Babatunde of Modupe
Ajayi Close, Alagbado, came to the station and
reported that a man of unknown identity, suspected
to be a thief, scaled the fence into their compound
and landed in a well.”
Badmos added that investigation was ongoing