Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that six additional people have been evacuated alive from the collapsed building in Ikoyi, bring the total number rescues to 15.
The governor, who visited the site on Saturday, November 6, 2021, in company of the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Tinubu, and Nassarawa state Governor Abdullahi Sule, disclosed that six rescued persons are currently being treated at the Police Hospital in Falomo, Ikoyi.
He stated that a total of 42 bodies have been recovered from the site.
Among the latest survivors are a 38-year-old woman, Glory Samsom. Others are Ndajor Ahmed, Yunusa Abubaka, Ajiboye Habib, Jeremiah Samson, and one man identified as Emem. While most of them sustained varying degrees of injury, Samson, 20, is said to be in a coma.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said that 49 families has filled the missing persons' register as at Saturday morning, noting that the register had helped the state government reconcile the details of victims rescued alive and also medically account for bodies recovered.
He mentioned that identification of bodies by relatives has commenced and DNA examination was being undertaken on some of the bodies difficult to be identified by their families.
According to the governor, There is a sum of money that has been reserved by the State Government for succour and to give for befitting burial for those who died in the incident. Families that so wish to accept it are being supported for the burial arrangement. Also, survivors in hospitals have been given the financial support to help them settle and cope with challenges of feeding in the aftermath of the incident.
The search and rescue operation are still currently ongoing.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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