Lagos State Govt. Says Families Can Get Bodies Of Identified Victims Of Ikoyi Building Collapse.

The Lagos State government has stated that families can recover the bodies of identified victims of the Ikoyi building collapse this week.

Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy on Tuesday, November 9 stated that the identification of bodies is ongoing at IDH, Yaba. He said families that can clearly identify their loved ones will get them this week, but those that don’t might face a longer wait.

Omotoso said on Tuesday that recovery operations will continue at the site until the rubble is completely cleared.

“It will go on until the site is cleared and no body is left in the rubble of the collapsed 21-storey edifice,” he said.

A committee made up of senior officials from the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Justice has been set up to supervise the identification and release of the bodies, the commissioner revealed.

Also, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced last week that the state was willing to support families of the deceased with burial costs. Survivors were also promised financial support ‘to help them settle and cope with challenges of feeding’.

The 21-storey building, one of three luxury high rise buildings under construction in Ikoyi, collapsed on Monday, November 1, 2021, trapping dozens of people.

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According to reports 15 people were rescued alive from under the rubble, but 43 people have been brought out dead in an ongoing recovery operation.

Governor Sanwo-Olu inaugurated a six-member panel last week to investigate the collapse.