Iju residents fear ghosts of Dana Air crash
Some superstitious people in the plane crash area threaten to relocate if victims are buried there
Concerned over the possibility that some of the victims of last Sunday's Dana Air Flight 0992 crash will be buried in their area, some superstitious residents of Iju-Ishaga have appealed to the authorities not to do so, for fear of ghosts.
The affected residents believe that human beings die in such accidents, their ghosts will haunt the scene for a while.
The ill-fated plane crashed after its pilot had declared May Day as it approached the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2; killing all 153 people on-board and an unspecified number of residents of the house it landed on.
Over 150 charred bodies have been recovered from the rubble, with about 29 identified so far by family members; while the Lagos State Government has started implementing plans to conduct DNA tests on the others.
The government has not said it would bury any unidentified victims in the area; however these residents have latched on to a rumour that is circulating in the community and have panicked.
"This is not superstition; I have witnessed where a young man died in an accident and his ghost continued to cry at the scene for days until a sacrifice was performed," said Idayatu Ali, 24, a resident of the area. "Please tell them not to bury the victims here or else some of us will abandon our houses."
Another resident, a commercial motorcyclist who gave his name as Jude, has decided to calm frayed nerves in the area by offering his exorcism powers. According to him, his team could easilyoffer sacrifices to Ogun (the mythical Yoruba god of iron) to get rid of any ghosts.
Reacting, Iyiola Akande, the South-West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said there were no plans to bury the victims yet, as identification of bodies remains the priority for now.
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