There was panic yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, MMIA, Lagos as a Nigerian, who had already been cured of Ebola
Virus Disease in Sierra Leone arrived aboard Royal Air Maroc.
The ebola victim, Mr. Theophilus Onnakhinon, was flown from Sierra Leone
by the airline while his younger brother, Mr. Chinedu Eroka was said to
have absconded from the Sierra Leonean authorities. It was not however
clear why Eroka absconded.
According to Vanguard, A 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.
On arrival in Nigeria, the victim was immediately handed over to the
Port Health officials at the Lagos airport who immediately isolated and
quarantined him.
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