Dana crash victim’s corpse missing in mortuary

The family of retired Assistant Comptroller of Fire Service, Mr. George Moses, a victim of the June 3 Dana air crash, has said that his corpse is missing from the morgue, adding that they could not understand how a corpse they had earlier identified in the morgue after the crash suddenly developed wings and varnished into the thin air.

A member of the late Moses' family, Mr. Achief Olajide, who spoke to journalists yesterday in Lagos, said in June, the name of the victim, was among the 29 identified names pasted at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial mortuary of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja.

Olajide, who showed documents to support his claim, said,  "After the June 3 crash, we came the following day to the mortuary to identify the body. I entered the morgue, saw Moses' body and it was intact and he was also identified by his ID card which was in his wallet.

"We were asked to wait at the hall for briefing. Professor John Obafuwa brought out the list of identifiable bodies which was up to 29 names. My uncle's name was number 22 on the list.

"The professor asked us to bring the photograph of the deceased. We brought the photograph, but the professor changed his word that the deceased's body cannot be released again that they were going for DNA testing. After two months, we were called that the result was out."

Olajide said the family was jolted on Tuesday August, 7, after announcement of the arrival of the  DNA test results from the United Kingdom. He said the name of the late Moses was not on the list pasted at the mortuary.

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