DNA tests being done in South Africa on Nigerian church disaster victims

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

The government says DNA samples of the 116 victims of the church building collapse in Nigeria have arrived at a laboratory in South Africa for analysis.

That's according to the Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe, who briefed the media on Thursday following cabinet's fortnightly meeting.

He says the DNA process is in the hands of the Nigerian authorities, who had appointed a laboratory in Stellenbosch, to do the analysis.

Radebe says once this process has been finalised, will government be able to conclusively identify the South Africans from among the 116 people who died in the incident on September 12th.

Eighty-five South Africans were among those who perished when a multi-storey guesthouse attached to the Synagogue Church of All Nations run by preacher, TB Joshua, collapsed in Lagos.