Governor Fashola yesterday met with
representatives of the South African government
who were in Nigeria to facilitate the repatriation
of the bodies of 54 South Africans who died in
the September 12th Synagogue building collapse.
Addressing the South African delegation led by
South Africa's Minister in the Presidency Mr
Jeffrey Radebe, Governor Fashola said the DNA
test on 70 bodies out of the 116 retrieved from
the scene of the incident have been concluded
and gave the go-ahead for the release of the 54
South Africans identified by the DNA test results.
The governor apologized for the delay in the
release of the bodies, stating that the state
government was being careful in releasing the
bodies so as not to hand the body of any victim
to a wrong family.
Briefing the delegation, the state Chief Medical
Examiner, Prof John Obafunwa, said of the 116
persons that died in the tragic incident, 70 of
them have been positively tested and identified.
Out of the 70, 54 are South Africans while the
remaining were from Nigeria, Benin republic,
Togo and other countries.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
12:54 pm
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