This is an appeal, a plea to Nigerians to help pressure their Government to release the bodies of the South African SCOAN disaster victims to enable their families to bury them in dignity.

In South Africa the dead are buried within a week or two weeks especially when the cause of death is an accident. Unlike in Nigeria South Africans bury even their most respected at most in two weeks as seen with the passing of Nelson Mandela. This is to allow the families enough time to deal with the loss and focus on moving on with their lives.

In the case of the SCOAN disaster victims, the dead were in a spiritual journey to find healing, hope and God but seemingly found death, hopelessness and the devil himself personified in human skins in the form of the Nigerians government. They have frustrated every attempt by the SA government to serve their citizens even in death and loss with some dignity and comfort.

When the disaster hit the SA government did not aportion blame but sent their disaster teams to help recover their citizens bodies but where met with not only governmental red tape but even the church (SCOAN ) wouldn't allow the teams to help. Not only was the investigation shadowed in secrecy but the church dished out their own curses and threats in order to scare away any attempt to find justice or truth of what happened and allow their families somekind of peace.

While the victims families have learnt to live with this injustices they have now been subjected to even more torture of waiting for their loved ones for almost a month now, in the name of DNA testing. The SA government had offered to help to do the DNA testing themselves as they have the expertise since the Nigerian government had accepted that they lack the capabilities and needed to outsourcing the function to third parties, which subjects the process to even a longer period. This also was rejected by the Nigerian government for what good reason, only God knows.

Not only the timing of this whole process has proven to be tortureous to the victims families, they have also learnt that the Nigerian government has no utilities to ensure that the bodies are preserved in a humanly manner until the process is complete. But the bodies of the victims are rotting away as result of lack of ice in their mortuaries and are being kept by fans which will have zero effect on preserving the bodies. Now the victims families were informed to expect to hold closed casket burial as the state of the bodies is in complete rot.

I personally find this appalling and disgusting in the name of flexing muscles. With all the going ons and bear between SA & Nigerians governments:

What about humanity? What South Africans call "Ubuntu"?

What about the orphans, widows,brothers, sisters, mothers,, fathers, friends & communities that are subjected to such pain and hopelessness?

What about the dead who cannot speak for themselves?

What are about the lost souls who are still looking to find God?

What does it say about the Gospel of Christ?

Why are the so called "Christians" quiet and only come out to chant " do my prophet no harm"?

What happened to the rest of the bible? Where it says "love your neighbour as you love youself"?

Why are Christians not calling for the swift release of the bodies to show that even if such a disaster happened, God is love and remains love in the sight of dark cloud that befell these people?

What about the future of these two countries?

What about those caught in the divide?

Do South Africans & Nigerians really want to push their healthy competitive spirits to real evil enemies?

What about Africa? what about blackness?

What about the world?

What about HUMANITY?

WE MIGHT ALL INSULT EACH OTHER ON NAIRALAND AS PLAY, PLAY BUT EVENTUALLY WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO REALITY. GENOCIDE, REVOLUTIONS AND WARS START LIKE THIS. LETS KNOW WHEN TO STOP AND SAY NO! ITS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WE ARE THE FUTURE!

Shocking to say the least. I'm really sorry about everything. Honestly I don't even see any reasons why the bodies were not released at once

talktimi:
Shocking to say the least. I'm really sorry about everything. Honestly I don't even see any reasons why the bodies were not released at once

You must see the pain in the family members of these victims in church every Sunday. Praying for the samething and wailing for something that needs only humans to be humans!

Thanks brother on their behalf!

Shey dey wan chop am b4 ni?

nigeria government is just punishing south africa for seizing our money....but come to think of it ,op why are u insulting Nigeria indirectly?

is this a plea or a kind of a show off,abi why are u comparing both countries facilities?anywaiz,nobody forced ur people to come to nigeria ,dey came on their own, so spare us dis ur useless rantings all over nairaland,direct ur pleas to d nigerian govt abeg.we ave better and more important things to worry about than worrying about some gullible south africans(abi no be your pple dey chop grass and drink petrol cos deir pastor told dem to)

pixtuk:
nigeria government is just punishing south africa for seizing our money

This was a church disaster not a political rally. Where are Christians in Nigeria who will shout "not in our name"?

ChristyG:
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Modified...your likes do not deserve decency. You are crass. So before you get all sensitive about shiiiit, read what the report says. Comparison my foot. Now there. . .bi&***!


"We are looking at three weeks," Professor John Obafunwa, chief medical examiner of Lagos State and vice-chancellor of the state university, was quoted as saying.

"I would be surprised if we had to wait till November... I expect all bodies to be out by that time.

The inquest could drag on for weeks and months. But we're not going to delay the release of bodies to family members because of that."

Obafunwa was overseeing the identification process and was speaking from Lagos University Teaching Hospital, where some of the remains were being kept.
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Obafunwa said the autopsies had been completed and samples were shipped out for DNA analysis.

He said the process of identification had been slow because Nigeria did not have facilities to analyse DNA.
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On September 12, 116 people, among them 84 South Africans, were killed when a multi-storey guesthouse attached to the church collapsed in Lagos.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/bodies-should-be-in-sa-by-month-end-1.1763780

BluIvy:


You must see the pain in the family members of these victims in church every Sunday. Praying for the samething and wailing for something that needs only humans to be humans!

Thanks brother on their behalf!

I really am ashamed right now because I'm suspecting the unnecessary slow bureaucracy of our public officials for this travesty who might just be expecting a greasing of their palms... I'm so so sorry, I really wish there was something I could do right now as we speak but I pray God strengthens you all throughout this period

ChristyG:
is this a plea or a kind of a show off,abi why are u comparing both countries facilities?anywaiz,nobody forced ur people to come to nigeria ,dey came on their own, so spare us dis ur useless rantings all over nairaland,direct ur pleas to d nigerian govt abeg.we ave better and more important things to worry about than worrying about some gullible south africans(abi no be your pple dey chop grass and drink petrol cos deir pastor told dem to)

puhahaha

You want Nigerians to help you after calling it's government devil?

Haba, change tactics, for this won't work. Nigerians are always united when it comes to dealing with issues like this irrespective of our obvious differences.

gramci:
You want Nigerians to help you after calling it's government devil?

Haba, change tactics, for this won't work. Nigerians are always united when it comes to dealing with issues like this irrespective of our obvious differences.

Well, i personally do not need your help but i feel for the victims families. They did not ask me either to do this I just got tired of this evil. And yes, evil.

You seize our money we seize your dead bodies. One one na draw.

OP,

Its obvious you don't understand how Govt works. Video clips from CCTV shows a remote controlled demolition of the 6 storey building belonging to SCOAN instead of a suspected structural failure. The situation requires max care and proper investigation especially with the way SA is portraying Nigeria b4 the West and Globally.

danderson:
OP,

Its obvious you don't understand how Govt works. Video clips from CCTV shows a remote controlled demolition of the 6 storey building belonging to SCOAN instead of a suspected structural failure. The situation requires max care and proper investigation especially with the way SA is portraying Nigeria b4 the West and Globally.

Well, I understand the investigation but they should accept help where they fall short.

What I do not understand is your second part on how SA portray Nigeria. So are you saying this is intentional?

If you say it is intentional and you agree with it then, it closes my plea.

thanks for a clean response.

pixtuk:
nigeria government is just punishing south africa for seizing our money....but come to think of it ,op why are u insulting Nigeria indirectly?

Please read report from your people. How am I insulting anyone when i am putting the situation as it is on the table? Are you for real?

http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/bodies-should-be-in-sa-by-month-end-1.1763780

Sharrap, tell your Government to release our money before we release the bodies. Take it or leave it they are related.

basisop:
Sharrap, tell your Government to release our money before we release the bodies. Take it or leave it they are related.

Well were those people there illegally? See your life! You are the problem in actually fact. Not even the government. You are full of corruption and mischieve. Cook your pot wella, when its cooked don't cry xenophobia.

BluIvy:
This is an appeal, a plea to Nigerians to help pressure their Government to release the bodies of the South African SCOAN disaster victims to enable their families to bury them in dignity.

In South Africa the dead are buried within a week or two weeks especially when the cause of death is an accident. Unlike in Nigeria South Africans bury even their most respected at most in two weeks as seen with the passing of Nelson Mandela. This is to allow the families enough time to deal with the loss and focus on moving on with their lives.

In the case of the SCOAN disaster victims, the dead were in a spiritual journey to find healing, hope and God but seemingly found death, hopelessness and the devil himself personified in human skins in the form of the Nigerians government. They have frustrated every attempt by the SA government to serve their citizens even in death and loss with some dignity and comfort.

When the disaster hit the SA government did not aportion blame but sent their disaster teams to help recover their citizens bodies but where met with not only governmental red tape but even the church (SCOAN ) wouldn't allow the teams to help. Not only was the investigation shadowed in secrecy but the church dished out their own curses and threats in order to scare away any attempt to find justice or truth of what happened and allow their families somekind of peace.

While the victims families have learnt to live with this injustices they have now been subjected to even more torture of waiting for their loved ones for almost a month now, in the name of DNA testing. The SA government had offered to help to do the DNA testing themselves as they have the expertise since the Nigerian government had accepted that they lack the capabilities and needed to outsourcing the function to third parties, which subjects the process to even a longer period. This also was rejected by the Nigerian government for what good reason, only God knows.

Not only the timing of this whole process has proven to be tortureous to the victims families, they have also learnt that the Nigerian government has no utilities to ensure that the bodies are preserved in a humanly manner until the process is complete. But the bodies of the victims are rotting away as result of lack of ice in their mortuaries and are being kept by fans which will have zero effect on preserving the bodies. Now the victims families were informed to expect to hold closed casket burial as the state of the bodies is in complete rot.

I personally find this appalling and disgusting in the name of flexing muscles. With all the going ons and bear between SA & Nigerians governments:

What about humanity? What South Africans call "Ubuntu"?

What about the orphans, widows,brothers, sisters, mothers,, fathers, friends & communities that are subjected to such pain and hopelessness?

What about the dead who cannot speak for themselves?

What are about the lost souls who are still looking to find God?

What does it say about the Gospel of Christ?

Why are the so called "Christians" quiet and only come out to chant " do my prophet no harm"?

What happened to the rest of the bible? Where it says "love your neighbour as you love youself"?

Why are Christians not calling for the swift release of the bodies to show that even if such a disaster happened, God is love and remains love in the sight of dark cloud that befell these people?

What about the future of these two countries?

What about those caught in the divide?

Do South Africans & Nigerians really want to push their healthy competitive spirits to real evil enemies?

What about Africa? what about blackness?

What about the world?

What about HUMANITY?

WE MIGHT ALL INSULT EACH OTHER ON NAIRALAND AS PLAY, PLAY BUT EVENTUALLY WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO REALITY. GENOCIDE, REVOLUTIONS AND WARS START LIKE THIS. LETS KNOW WHEN TO STOP AND SAY NO! ITS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WE ARE THE FUTURE!

U dis Botswana woman have come again. Wat is ur problem with nigeria?, n u ar nt even a sf' u keep coming(NL) 2 writ negative things about as if ur country is pure n good. Who told u dat nigerians ar happy about wat happen 2 d SF citizens. U keep writing dat Nigeria cannat carry out a DNA test n dat we don't have capability. WHO TOLD U dat ? , just cos u read it on one miserable news paper doesn't mean its truth. Madam busy body I beg u in d name of GOD ' pls mind ur business or ur country busz n leave nigeria Government n our medical practictional 2 carry out dear duty b4 returning d corps .....u gullible nigerians dat keep writing trash , wat happen was an accident it wasn't intentional n nobody is happy about it. U pple should stp dis nonsense.

ASAP

decasey:
U dis Botswana woman have come again. Wat is ur problem with nigeria?, n u ar nt even a sf' u keep coming(NL) 2 writ negative things about as if ur country is pure n good. Who told u dat nigerians ar happy about wat happen 2 d SF citizens. U keep writing dat Nigeria cannat carry out a DNA test n dat we don't have capability. WHO TOLD U dat ? , just cos u read it on one miserable news paper doesn't mean its truth. Madam busy body I beg u in d name of GOD ' pls mind ur business or ur country busz n leave nigeria Government n our medical practictional 2 carry out dear duty b4 returning d corps .....u gullible nigerians dat keep writing trash , wat happen was an accident it wasn't intentional n nobody is happy about it. U pple should stp
dis nonsense.

You are soo dummb, even if the information is plastered.in your darned head you would not see it. Read before you ask dummb questions. If you do have DNA facilities why did your government hire a South African private company to do your DNA testing after turning the SA government down? So much for empty, stupid pride and chest beating.

i feel for d families of d victims
n in ds matter it sad waiting
they cannot survive in their own strength but only in d name of Jesus Christ .hes a Redeemer. ds is not a time to focus on circumstances but to Him only dt Created us May d families b Strenghtened n know God is omnipresent he knows what u all going through

BluIvy:


You are soo dummb, even if the information is plastered.in your darned head you would not see it. Read before you ask dummb questions. If you do have DNA facilities why did your government hire a South African privatize to do your DNA testing after turning the SA government down? So much for empty, stupid pride and chest beating.

I never new u were dis stupid, just go tru ur silly post ' is full of insult,i never insulted u wen I posted earlier' mad woman, silly idiot. So u tru be believe dat dere is no DNA facility in nigeria. Boasted u ar lucky u ar nt saying dis 2 my face. Ur country(Botswana) is dere dying of different illness or GOD knows wat bt u ar here trying 2 races a xxxxx 4 wat should be settle amicably . Who do u think u ar, ar u sure u ar even marry ? , stupid woman pls get a life....thunder fire u.

decasey:
I never new u were dis stupid, just go tru ur silly post ' is full of insult,i never insulted u wen I posted earlier' mad woman, silly idiot. So u tru be believe dat dere is no DNA facility in nigeria. Boasted u ar lucky u ar nt saying dis 2 my face. Ur country(Botswana) is dere dying of different illness or GOD knows wat bt u ar here trying 2 races a xxxxx 4 wat should be settle amicably . Who do u think u ar, ar u sure u ar even marry ? , stupid woman pls get a life....thunder fire

"We are looking at three weeks," Professor John Obafunwa, chief medical examiner of Lagos State and vice-chancellor of the state university, was quoted as saying.

"I would be surprised if we had to wait till November... I expect all bodies to be out by that time.

The inquest could drag on for weeks and months. But we're not going to delay the release of bodies to family members because of that."

Obafunwa was overseeing the identification process and was speaking from Lagos University Teaching Hospital, where some of the remains were being kept.
[size=16pt]
Obafunwa said the autopsies had been completed and samples were shipped out for DNA analysis.

He said the process of identification had been slow because Nigeria did not have facilities to analyse DNA.
[/size]
On September 12, 116 people, among them 84 South Africans, were killed when a multi-storey guesthouse attached to the church collapsed in Lagos.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/bodies-should-be-in-sa-by-month-end-1.1763780

Bodies of South
Africans, who died in
Nigerian building
collapse could be
home by month-end

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2014/10/12/bodies-of-south-africans-who-died-in-nigerian-building-collapse-could-be-home-by-month-end

"But the bodies of the victims are rotting away as result of lack of ice in their mortuaries and are being kept by fans which will have zero effect on preserving the bodies. Now the victims families were informed to expect to hold closed casket burial as the state of the bodies is in complete rot."

South Africans are truly meat heads. WTH

on a real south Africans are not too rash.maybe the reason 4 the delay.T.B please do the needful.

The comments I am reading here is so embarrassing and shameful.
Foreigners died in your country, instead of apologies from Nigeria, they are getting insulted by Nigerians.
When did we Nigerians sunk this low?

BluIvy:


Well were those people there illegally? See your life! You are the problem in actually fact. Not even the government. You are full of corruption and mischieve. Cook your pot wella, when its cooked don't cry xenophobia.

Lmao! U guys really need to have a lot of patience okay...u knw wit d investigations n dna testing goin on...hopefully by dis time next year, d bodies should be released

OP, pls shut up and stop crying!

All your stupidity are embedded in the diatribe u wrote only to paint our country black!
And that's your problem anyways...

We're not releasing any corpse until we are done with out time..

SLIDEwaxie:
OP, pls shut up and stop crying!

All your stupidity are embedded in the diatribe u wrote only to paint our country black!
And that's your problem anyways...

We're not releasing any corpse until we are done with out time..

dahell is this donkey saying?

emmatok:
The comments I am reading here is so embarrassing and shameful.
Foreigners died in your country, instead of apologies from Nigeria, they are getting insulted by Nigerians.
When did we Nigerians sunk this low?

What are you ashamed of? Some of you people need to stop calling yourself Nigerians. You are worse than the enemies of this country.