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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by deeobserver209(m): 8:18pm On Aug 30, 2014
We must however thread with caution. Arresting foreigners indiscriminately will send a wrong signal to our other African brothers. Ebola must not make us appear xenophobic to the international community.

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by igbsam(m): 8:21pm On Aug 30, 2014
chai, e don be for us........Please close our borders o!

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by NgwaManNaija4LF(m): 8:24pm On Aug 30, 2014
Let them allow the innocent ones to enter, end shoot them virus ones in theeir head before they approch badagry. No more kids glove. GHANA MUST GO,part 2.
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by offiahPman: 8:27pm On Aug 30, 2014
dis foreigners sef!
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Misblah(f): 8:29pm On Aug 30, 2014
Yungwizzzy: If the government show this much concern they're
showing on Ebola on bokoharam and unemployment, US citizens will lobby for naija visa!!
hehehe true talk!

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Joel3(m): 8:34pm On Aug 30, 2014
are they not west africans? Why deportation? We all use ecowas passport and free to go around any west africa country. nigeria has more citizens in those country more to them here. So we need to be careful

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Emmysteve(m): 8:36pm On Aug 30, 2014
Na because of the increasing number of Ebola survivors in the country. Even the latee Sawyer came to the country to seek for medical help.
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by matsilver: 8:41pm On Aug 30, 2014
maxit2: I was there this morning when this happened. I have pictures of the Congolese guys.
BUT I won't post the pictures unless you give me 100 likes.
dey dia na. Ode....

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Ganjafama(m): 8:42pm On Aug 30, 2014
kaorama: With all the challenges Nigerians are bringing upon Nigeria, the country remains the hope of Africa. If only APC will have a change of heart and refrain from voilence, Nigeria is a good place.
Wetin concern APC for ebola matter? U people should stop looking for who to cast blame on! It ain't good for ur health bro.
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Litmus: 8:43pm On Aug 30, 2014
Nigerians keep cussing their country and those that know worst conditions keep flooding into Nigeria and when they are there they find out that Nigeria is much better than where the come from but they will help you call your country shit hole on sites like this.

Those people are probably the tip of the iceberg, Nigeria's estimated population is way higher than it should be given Nigerians alone. The people should be checked not only for Ebola but investigated for links with terrorist or people recruiting for Bokoharam. If they're found clean, they should be sent home or released into the community if they're legitimate in the sense of being refugees or immigrants.


Regarding those biometric identity cards, how do the authorities intend to identify true Nigerians. It seems to me that Names,DOB,and parentage may not be adequate

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by bigtt76(f): 8:48pm On Aug 30, 2014
We are in serious problem in this country. What ever happened to the Health Officials at the Airports and border posts. Do they not check all those going into the country any more than they solicit for N20 Naira or N500 for Yello cards? Mtscheeeeeeeeeew! undecided

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Nobody: 8:55pm On Aug 30, 2014
Yungwizzzy: If the government show this much concern they're
showing on Ebola on bokoharam and unemployment, US citizens will lobby for naija visa!!
not the government but the people. If nigerian ctizens had given the tips they are giving on ebola on boko haram when it started, it would have been a forgoten isue.

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by emiye(m): 9:02pm On Aug 30, 2014
There are currently 6 African countries battling the Ebola scourge , Senegal is the latest addition, anyone from Liberia, Guinea, Sierra leone, DR congo, Senegal should be seen as a highly probable Ebola patient

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by fredabrown: 9:09pm On Aug 30, 2014
A Health Ministry official, who asked not to be named, said that the 21-year-old crossed into Senegal via its southern border with Guinea and had been living in the densely populated Dakar suburb of Parcelles Assainies for weeks. He added that the man appeared to have a good chance of recovering.

The man had been under surveillance by health authorities in Guinea because of his contact with Ebola victims but escaped to Senegal, Seck said.

Residents in Dakar reacted with anger and concern. "When you are sick, why do you leave your own country to export the disease to another?" asked radio host Taib Soce on RFM, a popular station owned by Senegalese music star Youssou N'dour.

In an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus, Senegal last week banned flights to and from three of the affected countries and shut its land border with Guinea.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/29/us-health-ebola-idUSKBN0GS1SU20140829
The country, a regional hub for U.N. agencies and aid groups, has also refused to give clearance for U.N. aid flights to Ebola-hit countries in a move that humanitarian workers say is hampering their ability to respond to the epidemic.
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by KingIOb: 9:09pm On Aug 30, 2014
Yungwizzzy: If the government show this much concern they're
showing on Ebola on bokoharam and unemployment, US citizens will lobby for naija visa!!
It should rather be, if the citizens volunteer information on the terrorist as easily as they will do with this ebola.
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Ryabcool(m): 9:09pm On Aug 30, 2014
kaorama: With all the challenges Nigerians are bringing upon Nigeria, the country remains the hope of Africa. If only APC will have a change of heart and refrain from voilence, Nigeria is a good place.
You are definitely mad. No two ways about it.

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by fredabrown: 9:14pm On Aug 30, 2014
CATASTROPHE WARNING

The director of the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned on Friday of a "catastrophe" if emergency action were not taken immediately to reverse the trend of rising cases.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the actual number of Ebola cases could be up to four times higher than reported and said 20,000 people in total could be infected before the outbreak ends.

In the remote southeastern Guinean city of Nzerekore, riots broke out on Thursday night over rumours that health workers had infected people with Ebola, a Red Cross official and residents said.

The government of Guinea says it has the epidemic under control, but the number of cases has flared up in southern Guinea, a trend the government blames on people spilling over the borders from Liberia and Sierra Leone.

A crowd of young men, some armed with clubs and knives, set up barricades across Nzerekore on Thursday and threatened to attack the hospital before security forces moved in to restore order. Gunshots were fired and several people were injured, said Youssouf Traore, president of the Guinean Red Cross.

"A rumour, which was totally false, spread that we had sprayed the market in order to transmit the virus to locals," Traore said. "People revolted and resorted to violence, prompting soldiers to intervene."

Local Red Cross workers had to flee to the military camp with their medical equipment. Another resident said the security forces were preventing people leaving their neighborhoods overnight. More than 400 people have died in Guinea, though the infection rate is slower than in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by patostation(m): 9:14pm On Aug 30, 2014
But wait a minute, who is to doing the arresting and who is detaining? He that wishes to arrest ebola suspects should better wear "body gloves".
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by boxiposhags: 9:15pm On Aug 30, 2014
kaorama: With all the challenges Nigerians are bringing upon Nigeria, the country remains the hope of Africa. If only APC will have a change of heart and refrain from voilence, Nigeria is a good place.
so unparalled to the topic... and some 5 gullible individuals liked his comment.. sorry to tamper on your right to air your foolishness

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Mercedesbenz: 9:16pm On Aug 30, 2014
They should have take them to the firing squad useless indirect vampires instead to stay in their countries the are trooping to this our innocent, and lovely mother land. It shall never be well with them by Gods grace
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by fredabrown: 9:18pm On Aug 30, 2014
Dogs EATING corpses of Ebola victims in Liberia after health teams pile bodies into shallow grave in the middle of the night after locals refused permission to use the land






http://uktoday.org/news/dogs-eating-corpses-of-ebola-victims-in-liberia-after-health-teams-pile-bodies-into-shallow-grave-in-the-middle-of-the-night-after-locals-refused-permission-to-use-the-land
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Michel886(m): 9:25pm On Aug 30, 2014
maxit2: I was there this morning when this happened. I have pictures of the Congolese guys.
BUT I won't post the pictures unless you give me 100 likes.
Where'ʂ the dislike button? undecided
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Nobody: 9:29pm On Aug 30, 2014
9ja...is now improving. ..we're now having alot of migrants. .....make government build asylum camp for them
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by davidif: 9:29pm On Aug 30, 2014
maxism2: Lagos-At least 39 foreign nationals were ,yesterday, arrested by Police and Immigration officers in two hotels on Lagos Island. It was gathered that they were arrested following a tip-off by some residents of the area over fears of the spread of Ebola virus disease.

Upon receiving the report, the Area Commander, Imohimi Edgal, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Area A Command, Lion Building, contacted Immigration and Health officials who stormed Benin Hotel and an unnamed guest house, situated on Atere street and effected the arrest of the foreigners, 35 of whom are citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the rest are Sierra Leoneian nationals.

A police source said the Immigration officials will determine if the suspects are legally residing in the country while the Health officials will determine their health status. He also added that all the hotels in the area have been placed under surveillance.

It will be recalled that six (6) people have died from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. The total number of reported cases is fifteen(15) after the Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer flew into the country with the virus on July 20th and was admitted into a Lagos hospital.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-outbreak-39-immigrants-congo-senegal-arrested-lagos/

What kind of country is this?!??! You can't just arrest someone based on some unfounded fear. Man, the things people would do when they are afraid.
It would be the equivalent of the US arresting anyone of saudi or middle eastern descent after 9/11.

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Munalove(m): 9:31pm On Aug 30, 2014
maxit2: I was there this morning when this happened. I have pictures of the Congolese guys.
BUT I won't post the pictures unless you give me 100 likes.
chop d picture
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by ozo13(m): 9:33pm On Aug 30, 2014
djeezy: These people won't leave us alone. We ain't granting them Asylum. They should be repatriated with immediate effect. Nonsense.
"sharperly" in tinubu's voice
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Sammyblaq(m): 9:33pm On Aug 30, 2014
upon the uniform jobs in dis country, ppl still dey migrate carelessly into naija or abi dem telepot enter¿
Mtshewwwww!

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Lilimax(f): 9:37pm On Aug 30, 2014
brownlord:

Thank God for Ebola, 9ja police calling immigration to go do arrest, before now they do the work of immigration, custom, road safety. Vio, efcc, CIA and FBI just to get egunje, Dem don see wetin pass "bail is free" na immigration dem come abandon arrest for
smiley

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Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Nobody: 9:39pm On Aug 30, 2014
maxit2: I was there this morning when this happened. I have pictures of the Congolese guys.
BUT I won't post the pictures unless you give me 100 likes.
if you get 15 make I die tongue
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Nobody: 9:40pm On Aug 30, 2014
No time for sentiments.... IT'S SHOOT AT SIGHT YOU BASTA*D
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Nobody: 9:45pm On Aug 30, 2014
Na wetin we do dis people no ehh!, dem tel dem say na for Naija ebola cure dey?
Re: Ebola Outbreak: 39 Immigrants From DR Congo, Sierra Leone Arrested In Lagos by Ozonna(m): 9:46pm On Aug 30, 2014
davidif:

What kind of country is this?!??! You can't just arrest someone based on some unfounded fear. Man, the things people would do when they are afraid.
It would be the equivalent of the US arresting anyone of saudi or middle eastern descent after 9/11.

My brother this is not terrorism. This is Ebola wey no get cure.

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