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By Correspondent in Lokoja.
The Kogi State Governnent has buried 130 unclaimed dead bodies of accident, Kidnapped and armed robbery victims deposited at the Federal Medical Centre,FMC, Lokoja for too long without their relatives or families claiming them.
Speaking at the ceremony which took place at Felele Cemetery in Lokoja on Saturday, the General Manager of Kogi State Sanitation and Waste Management Board,Mrs. Elizabeth Arokoyo, said the agency is empowered to ensure that environment is safe for habitation.
Arokoyo, who was represented at the mass burial by the acting secretary of the board,Olufemi Ajayi, said the dead bodies were brought to the hospital by the Nigeria Police and Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC.
She said that many announcements were made in the media,for the families or relations of affected victims to claim them without positive response.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
