Synagogue Building Collapse: Lagos Begins DNA Of Recovered Bodies

Lagos State Government has commenced the identification of recovered bodies by calling on family members and all nationals who believe their relations could have been in the collapsed building to come forward and submit samples that can aid forensic identification and DNA analysis of recovered bodies.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who made the call yesterday in his office, stated that the state government has considered it necessary to start forensic identification and DNA analysis of the recovered bodies in view of the need to identify each of them.
He, therefore, appealed to family members, especially parents, children and siblings of nationals who believe their relations could have been in the collapsed building to visit the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja from yesterday to submit samples that can aid the forensic identification and DNA analysis of recovered bodies.