Fashola meets with South Africa Govt officials, Approves Repatriation of Dead Bodies from Synagogue tragedy to SouthAfrica

 Governor Fashola yesterday met with representatives of the South African government who were in Nigeria to facilitate the repatriation of the bodies of 54 South Africans who died in the September 12th Synagogue building collapse.

 South Africa's Minister in the Presidency Mr Jeffrey Radebe, Governor Fashola said the DNA test on 70 bodies out of the 116 retrieved from the scene of the incident have been concluded and gave the go-ahead for the release of the 54 South Africans identified by the DNA test results.

The governor apologized for the delay in the release of the bodies, stating that the state government was being careful in releasing the bodies so as not to hand the body of any victim to a wrong family.