Building collapse: No Mass Burial For Victims – Akwa Ibom

Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo.

The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday said it would not conduct mass burial for victims of Saturday’s collapsed building at a church in Uyo, the state capital.

Speaking at a press briefing at the Government House, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, said corpses of the dead victims would be released to their family members as soon as the police concludes its investigation.

The commissioner said 26 people died in the incident.
He said: “Death toll is now 26. Patients in the hospitals are 168. There are 50 outpatients. Nine hospitals have the following patients: UUTH (28), Ibom Specialist Hospital Uyo, (70), Sifon Clinic (9), Lifecare clinic (24), Premiers clinic (9), St. Lukes Hospital (22) Gateway Medical Centre (2), Uwah Mfon Clinic (1), First Line Clinic (1) and Alma Clinic and Surgery (2) .”