The Lagos State Government yesterday marked two building within the Synagogue Church premises in Ikotun, for structural integrity test.
The government declared after Friday’s building collapse that the church did not obtain permission to raise the building.
It, however, added that investigations were on going.
Marked for integrity tests are one of the church’s guest houses, directly opposite the collapsed building.
The church yesterday released a video of purported South African survivors of the mishap who relieved the incident.
The survivors, Shadrack Mamzini; Thobile Bhaku; Mick Milambo and Charles Thawane from the video attributed the misfortune to the aircraft that flew over the building.
The search and rescue operations ended yesterday. Emergency rescue agencies gave the total figure of victims removed from the building as 211 made up of 80 dead and 131 rescued.
General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Dr. Femi Oke-Osayintolu, said the next phase was fumigation of the area to avoid outbreak of disease.
He said the government had commenced autopsy and DNA test on the recovered bodies.
“We have been working since the incident aggressively and round the clock. With our strategy, we were able to rescue 131 from the collapsed building and they are responding to treatment in the hospitals.
“With combined efforts from all stakeholders, we were able to retrieve 80 bodies.
“You can see that we have reached ground zero and there is nobody under here again. I can assure you that there is no one trapped here anymore. The phase of emergency we handled here is the rescue and recovery phase.
In a video recording made availbale by the church, four purported survivors, all from South Africa, maintained unwavering loyalty to the church and Prophet Temitope Joshua.
