Ikoyi Building Collapse: 19 People Still Missing – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that 19 families have so far submitted names of their kin suspected to be trapped in the collapsed Ikoyi building.

Sanwo-Olu said this while updating newsmen at the site of the collapsed Ikoyi building.

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He added that a register had been opened for such purpose. The governor was at the site for the third time within 72 hours; as search and recovery operation continued at the site. Sanwo-Olu said that the ongoing corona inquest on the bodies evacuated from the site was expected to be concluded by Friday; after which families would be invited to identify them.

He added that the actual number of persons trapped in the collapsed 21-storey building located at Ikoyi, Lagos remained unclear as at Thursday afternoon; but noted that 32 fatalities have been recorded so far.

The governor expressed satisfaction with the rescue operation, commending the first responders for their efforts. He also met with some of the distressed family members at the site; cheering them and raising their hopes, while the rescue efforts progressed.

”‘Yesterday (Wednesday), we opened a register for people that have missing persons or loved ones whom they believed must have been at the site before the collapse.

‘‘As I speak here, it is only 19 names of missing persons that have been registered. Some of them have pictures, others do not. This list would help us to get information on manifest of those at the site.

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‘’As at this afternoon, we have recovered a total of 32 bodies. We are conducting a corona inquest on the bodies and by tomorrow (Friday); we hope the exercise would have been concluded. That is the deadline we gave to the corona, so that the families can come and identify the bodies recovered so far,”Sanwo-Olu said.

Earlier on Thursday, the governor visited Lagos Island General Hospital; where survivors of the building collapse were being given medical attention.

He said that one of the nine people rescued alive had been moved to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja for advanced medical examination, but he was not in a life-threatening situation.

Three survivors were discharged on Tuesday.

Sanwo-Olu said that he had ordered structural integrity test on the two high-rise structures in the premises where the 21-storey collapsed; so as to safeguard the lives of emergency workers on the rescue operation.

He appealed to journalists covering the incident on speculative reporting and sensationalism; asking them to confirm any unclear details about the search and rescue operation from the official channel of communication.

The governor was reacting to inconsistent figures of fatality being spread by the media.

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