The Kwara State Fire Service has recovered the body of an unidentified man, estimated to be about 50 years old, from a river near the Royal Valley Bridge in the Kulende area of Ilorin.
The body was retrieved on Tuesday after a passerby spotted it floating in the river and alerted a radio station, which subsequently contacted the fire service.
The Public Relations Officer of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed this in a statement, saying firefighters were deployed to the scene at about 3:44 pm following the report.
According to the statement, the rescue team successfully recovered the body after arriving at the scene and handed it over to the police for further investigation.
The statement said the body was subsequently transferred to the custody of a police officer, SUP Abdulganiu Garuba, at the E-Division Police Station, Kulende, Ilorin.
It added that the circumstances surrounding the man's death remained unclear, noting that investigations would be conducted to establish how he died.
The Chief Fire Officer, Alabi Muhammed, commended the passerby for promptly reporting the discovery and praised the radio station for relaying the information to the appropriate emergency agency.
Muhammed urged residents to promptly report emergencies and suspicious incidents to relevant authorities, stressing the importance of timely information in facilitating emergency response.
The incident occurred about two weeks after another man was feared drowned following an alleged altercation at Asa Bridge along Emir's Road in Ilorin on October 18, when he reportedly jumped into the river.
