Relatives of Mohammed Musa, one of seven jobseekers
killed in Saturday's
immigration job recruitment stampede, have complained hospital authorities
refused them claiming Musa's body for burial three days after his death.
National Hospital has refuted the claims, insisting on extreme caution before releasing bodies.
A brother, one step brother and a friend identified Musa's body at National Hospital's mortuary on Monday, but have yet to be given his body days after he should have been interred according to Muslim burial rites, they said.
They said the hospital blocked their attempts by demanding on different occasions a police report, a release form from Nigeria Immigrations Service and the presence of an Immigrations official before they could claim the body.
As at Tuesday, Sule Ahmed said there was still "no explanation. They have not told us anything. They just kept us here."
NHA head of management information service Tayo Haastrup, said, " We don't want to release the bodies to just anybody especially now that they announced they were going to compensate the families of the dead victims. We want to be very sure. You know how people are."
Six bodies were still at the hospital on Tuesday.
Three survivors hospitalised there, including two pregnant women, were discharged, after five were taken off admission on Monday.
Three other patients are expected released from hospital by weekend.
But one woman among them, Ataidu Uneison, sustained a broken neck and lost use of her legs.
She was barely able to speak when health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu visited them in hospital on Tuesday.
National Hospital has refuted the claims, insisting on extreme caution before releasing bodies.
A brother, one step brother and a friend identified Musa's body at National Hospital's mortuary on Monday, but have yet to be given his body days after he should have been interred according to Muslim burial rites, they said.
They said the hospital blocked their attempts by demanding on different occasions a police report, a release form from Nigeria Immigrations Service and the presence of an Immigrations official before they could claim the body.
As at Tuesday, Sule Ahmed said there was still "no explanation. They have not told us anything. They just kept us here."
NHA head of management information service Tayo Haastrup, said, " We don't want to release the bodies to just anybody especially now that they announced they were going to compensate the families of the dead victims. We want to be very sure. You know how people are."
Six bodies were still at the hospital on Tuesday.
Three survivors hospitalised there, including two pregnant women, were discharged, after five were taken off admission on Monday.
Three other patients are expected released from hospital by weekend.
But one woman among them, Ataidu Uneison, sustained a broken neck and lost use of her legs.
She was barely able to speak when health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu visited them in hospital on Tuesday.
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