But, he was rescued by Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) officials and the police.
Onwusiwekwu, a guard with Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS), was said to have sustained a right femoral fracture and left knee joint dislocation.
A statement by LASEMA said the agency received a call around 6.35am yesterday, after the man fell into a well at 38, Kujore Street, Ojota.
LASEMA General Manager Adesina Tiamiyu said proper investigation would be conducted into the matter.
Onwusiwekwu’s neighbour who declined giving his name, said: “I was sleeping around 6am when my sister called me that there was noise from the compound. I initially taught it was a fight. When the noise persisted, I decided to go out; it was then that I saw people gathered. We tried all we could to help the man but it failed. The well is over 160ft; all the ropes we threw inside the well could not get to where the victim was and we could not see him. When it was around 7:30am and we could not recue him, we gave up because we had nothing to use to bring him out. One of the residents later told us that he has called some emergency lines. Officials of various agencies came and one of the rescuers was tied with a rope and entered the well with another rope which he used to rescue Onwusiwekwu. He was taken to the hospital.”
He claimed that the man attempted suicide, saying he knows him to some extent. “He has once told me to introduce him to a better business that he was tired of his job. I never knew he was frustrated to this extent. The cover of the well is so small that he must have forced himself inside the well. The house he stays has water but the water is not very clean. He usually drives his car to other areas to get water for his family. He has never gone to that compound to fetch water before. I was told that the guard in the compound prevented him from going in but he later sneaked in. He must have been frustrated,” he said.
Another resident said Onwusiwekwu must have fallen into the well mistakenly, probably while he was fetching water from the well. He said the man lives with his wife, her sister and his two boys. He said the man must have gone to fetch water in the compound next to his because the water in their compound was not clean. He added that it was the shout of Onwusiwekwu from the well that made residents to know what has happened
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