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South African Government flies back 74 bodies to their country

November 16, 2014 by Kelly Davies 2 Comments

A cargo plane carrying the remains of 74 South Africans killed in a building collapse in Nigeria landed in Pretoria on Sunday, two months after the accident.

The remains of another nine South Africans among the 116 people killed on September 12 when a multi-storey guesthouse collapsed at a Lagos mega-church will be repatriated after the DNA identification process is complete.

The chartered Antonov plane laden with four mortuary vans landed at the Waterkloof air force base shortly before 10:00 am (0800 GMT) in an event carried live by public broadcaster SABC.

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was to preside over the official ceremony to receive the bodies later in the day.

Nigeria released the bodies on Saturday after a high-level government delegation led by Jeff Radebe, a minister in the presidency, spent a week in Nigeria to fast-track the repatriation process.

Radebe had met President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja to discuss the speedy repatriation of the remains.

The head of the mega-church and one of Nigeria’s most popular preachers, TB Joshua, suggested that a low-flying aircraft reportedly seen over the building four times before it came down was to blame for the collapse, and said he had been targeted in a deliberate attack.

But expert witnesses at a coroner’s hearing ruled out aerial sabotage or an explosion.
The court was told that the guesthouse did not have planning permission.

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  1. Ejinwa Anthony says

    November 17, 2014 at 8:54 pm

    heart felt condolences to thw deceased family

  2. Ope Adediran says

    November 17, 2014 at 10:13 am

    Condolences

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