Eight families have finally
showed up for DNA test in connection with the Otedola Link Bridge explosion
which result to a wild fire that killed 12 people.
Recall that the Lagos
State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, confirmed that 12 people died in
the incident.
The Head of the Lagos State DNA
and Forensic Centre, Dr Richard Somiari, has however, disclosure in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that more
families were still expected to visit the facility in connection with the
deadly explosion that occurred on June 28.
“There are two categories of
people that come for the testing, those who believe strongly that their family
members died and need to be identified.
“The other category includes people
who just do not know because the family person is missing.
“So, we will expect that those
two categories of people will come.”
Somiari said that the duration
needed to complete the DNA process and results interpretation could not be
ascertained because of protocols that must be followed, due to the magnitude of
the accident.
According to him, there are two
processes involved, including the actual DNA matching and the process by the
pathologist, who takes samples from the remains that were recovered.
“The actual process in our
laboratory is fast. The thing is the quality of the sample that is coming from
the victim.
“So, until we get those samples
from the pathologist, we do not know how long it will take.
“If it is significantly degraded,
then it means we have to go through multiple steps of isolation and clean up
before we do the profile generation.
“These samples are not as clean
as reference samples and we do not want to make a mistake in the process.
“We realise that everybody will
like to get the result fast and bring a closure to this but at the same time we
want to be careful. “
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