A pathologist, Dr Sokunle Soyemi has revealed that five declared victims of the 21 storey building collapse on the 1st of Nov 2021 at Gerard Road ikoyi Lagos are yet to be identified.
The acting chief Medical Examiner Lagos State Soyemi said this while testifying at ikeja coroner’s court on Thursday.
The pathologist said there were 50 victims of the collapsed building (47 male and three females ). 45 have been identified so far and their age range from 18-56 years. He went further saying post mortem on the bodies started on November 13 2021 and last 13 days until November 13 2021 . 
To reveal the causes of the death, he said “So far, we have identified 45 bodies out of 50. The autopsies revealed that 40 deceased had multiple injuries as cause of death. Six had injuries to the head alone and died. One had bilateral fracture of the femur. At present, of the 45 identified bodies, 42 have been released to family members while the remaining three have not been collected by family members.”
Dr Sokunle also said the remnants were put in 53 body bags because an additional three body bags had contained body parts of the decreased victims. Furthermore the physical state of the corpses could not be visually identified and sample had to be taken from the bodies for testing at the Lagos State DNA and Forensic center.
Mr Oyetade Komolafe, the coroner adjourned proceeding until February 18 for the continuation of the hearing
