Ebola Victim arrives Lagos from Sierra Leone; People Scamper

There was serious panic at Murtala Mohammed
International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday as a
Nigerian, who had contacted Ebola Virus Disease
in Sierra Leone arrived aboard Royal Air Maroc.
The ebola victim, Theophilus Onnakhinon, was
flown from Sierra Leone by the airline while his
younger brother, Chinedu Eroka, was said to have
absconded from the Sierra Leonean authorities. It
was not however clear why Eroka absconded.
A source close to the Port Health at the Lagos
Airport confided in aviation reporters that the
victim had been treated of Ebola virus in Sierra
Leone and cured of the disease by the health
authorities of that country after some weeks in
their custody.
The source who doesn't want to be named as he
was not allowed to talk to the media on the issue
said that the victim was assisted into the country
by the Nigeria's consular officer, Mrs. T.
Mohammed.
The consular officer accompanied the victim into
the country in order to avoid stigmatization.
The source said, "It is true that there was Ebola
scare at the Lagos airport but the fact is that the
victim had been cured of the disease in Sierra
Leone before being assisted into Nigeria by our
consular officer in that country and immediately
he landed, he was handed over to the port health
authorities who immediately carried out checks
on him and isolated him from the other
passengers.
"But, the truth is that we just want to recheck
what has already been done by the Sierra
Leonean authorities. You know, we cannot take
chances again in the country. I can assure you
that the situation is under control."