Following unrelenting demand by the South African Government and its citizens alike for the bodies of its nationals killed in the collapsed building inside the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, the Lagos State government has released the body of 54 South Africans for collection by their families after the bodies were sorted out through DNA.

No fewer than 70 dead bodies have been identified through DNA out of the 116 people who died in the tragedy. While 54 of those cleared so far were South Africans, 16 others were Nigerians, Togolese, Beninoise and others.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Wednesday evening gave the approval for the South African Government to repatriate its 54 corpses ready for collection at the State House, Marina.

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