Ikoyi collapsed building: Come for identification of corpses. Lagos state government tells bereaved families

The Lagos State Government has announced that families who lost their relatives to the Ikoyi collapsed building can now come forward  to identify their corpses, said to have being deposited at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba

Penpushing reports that Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known while giving an update to journalists on Friday, adding that, 38 bodies have been recovered as at the time of filing this report.

The Commissioner accompanied by Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Tayo Bamgbose-Martins; and Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako; said an autopsy would be carried out on the corpses before they are released to their families.

Penpushing further reports that, Omotosho emphasised that the autopsy is important adding that it is a known law that whenever there is death as a result of such incidents like the collapsed building, an autopsy must be done before the body is released

The Commissioner at the press conference debunked reports that the rescue operation team at the collapsed building stopped the search and rescue work on Thursday, stressing that  work was still ongoing.

Penpushing also reports that, he assured that work would continue until the government could account for everybody inside the building at the time of collapse and certify that nobody is left behind in the collapsed building.

“So far now, we have recorded 38 dead bodies. And as you know, we have nine survivors. Some bodies are ready for identification. So, people can go to IDH, Yaba as from 4 p.m. to identify the bodies of their loved ones’, he added.

“For bodies that may be very difficult to identify, we are going to be conducting DNA tests for such bodies to be identified. There are rules for giving bodies to people. There are some of the bodies that are in a state that it would be unprofessional for the hospitals to allow people to look at them in that present state and for them to be released the way they are’, he said.

‘That is why we have the little delay that we are having. But if you go to IDH, Yaba from 4 p.m., you should be able to see some of the bodies and be able to identify who you want to identify’, he stressed.

“Yesterday, Mr Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu said one of the patients at the General Hospital was taken to LASUTH for a test and all that. The patient has been brought back to the hospital and he is said to be doing well. And all the patients who were there are doing well”

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