Four killed in well trying to retrieve bucket in Cross Rivers State

This is a strange story. Four men including two brothers
drowned in a well in their compound at Ogoja Road, Ikom in
Cross River State, while trying to retrieve a bucket that fell
into the well.
According to a Vanguard report, the first person to enter the
well was John Ushie, who lived in the compound. While
preparing to go to work that day, he went to the well in the
compound to fetch water but the bucket he was using to draw
water fell in the well. He thought it was a good idea to try to
retrieve the bucket but ended up drowning when he jumped into
the well.
His brother, Boniface, who was not around when the incident
occurred, rushed home and jumped into the well to rescue his
brother but also downed in the process.
When Boniface didn't come out, another neighbor jumped in to
try to rescue the two brothers and he too drowned. When the
landlord of the house, Eyung Ebam, saw what had happened, he
too jumped into the well to rescue the drowned men and...yes,
he also drowned. Sounds like something from 'Tales By
Moonlight' but apparently this really happened. Continue...
From Vanguard
“It was at this point that nobody was willing to get into the
well and the National Drug Law Enforcement, NDLEA,
officials who were mounting a road block close to the house
called the Fire Service and they arrived soon ”, an eye witness
told Sunday Vanguard.
The eye witness explained that when the Fire Service men
arrived, one of them jumped into the well with a rope with
which he tied the landlord who was the last person to drown in
order to pull him out. “He tied the rope around his chest region
and gradually his colleagues dragged him out but when he got
close to the point they wanted to grab him and pull him out, the
rope slipped and he went down again hitting the others inside
which may have eventually killed everyone inside,” the
neighbour said.
The four bodies were pulled out by the Fire Service men and
taken to County Hospital, Ikom Four Corners and the victims
confirmed dead by Dr. Ukwam, the medical doctor, there. An
official of the Cross River State Fire Service, Ikom, Mt Linus
Ework, said he got a distress call at about 7 am and he and his
men rushed to the scene to rescue the victims but “it was
unfortunate that it was a little too late as three of them were
pulled out dead”.