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Ikoyi Building Collapse: Casualties Hit 42 as Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu Visit Site
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Ikoyi building collapse: Casualties hit 42 as Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu visit site
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The Lagos helmsman added that relatives were starting to identify bodies
EKO HOT BLOG reports that on Saturday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu paid a visit to the Ikoyi building that collapsed earlier this week.
Ikoyi Building Collapse Scene
Sanwo-Olu was accompanied by Bola Tinubu, his predecessor, and Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa State.
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He stated that the dead toll had grown to 42 as of 6 p.m. on Saturday; 15 injured people are being treated at the Falomo Police Hospital.
“We have taken the full records of survivors in the incident. And this gives a total of 15 people rescued alive. We have a total of 42 bodies that have been recovered.”
Among the latest survivors are 38-year-old Glory Samson, Ndajor Ahmed, Yunusa Abubakar, Ajiboye Habib, Jeremiah Samson, and another male identified as Emem.
Most of them sustained varying degrees of injury; Samson, 20 years old, is in a coma.
As of Saturday morning, 49 families had filled out the missing persons registration, according to Sanwo-Olu.
The document is assisting the authorities in reconciling the details of victims who were rescued alive as well as medically accounting for the bodies found.
The Lagos helmsman added that relatives were starting to identify bodies, and that DNA testing was being done on those whose identities were still unknown.
“There is a sum of money that has been reserved for succour and to give for befitting burial for those who died in the incident.
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“Families that so wish to accept are being supported for the burial arrangements. Survivors in hospitals have been given financial support”, Sanwo-Olu disclosed.
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