Late Liberian Victim Was Under Surveillance, Escaped Quarantine Before Coming to Nigeria – Report

A new report has surfaced about the late Liberian Ebola victim Patrick
Sawyerknew he had the deadly virus and escaped being quarantined.

This Day Newspapers
is reporting that Sawyer who was Nigeria’s index case for Ebola virus
was under surveillance by the Liberian health authorities, even though
he still managed to board a flight heading out of the country.



Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed, the Minister of State II for Foreign Affairs,
revealed this while speaking with Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf
Johnson and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Liberia Chigozie Oby-Nadozie.



According to Mohammed, President Johnson in a telephone conversation
with Nadozie expressed regrets at the circumstances which the virus had
been brought to Nigeria by Sawyer w was under surveillance.



While briefing members of the diplomatic corps on Thursday in Abuja on
the virus, Mohammed said there was no time for blaming individuals but
for collaboration to combat and stop the spread.



The Vice President of ECOWAS Dr Toga Mcintosh confirmed that Patrick
Sawyer escaped from quarantine in Liberia to fly to Nigeria.



Mcintosh said “because he had contact with somebody who died from
Ebola, he was quarantined in his own country but he evaded the
quarantine and came to Nigeria.”