Dennis Akagha, the fiance of Justina Ejelonu, the First Consultant Hospital nurse who died after being infected with the deadly Ebola virus by Liberian Patrick Sawyer, in this exclusive interview with Vanguard spoke about how his late fiancee contracted the deadly disease, how she lost their unborn child while battling with Ebola, and also revealed that Justina had just landed the job at the hospital and met Sawyer on her first day there. He also spoke on how he got infected with the virus and how he finally got discharged. Fimd the in-depth interview after the cut...
On his relationship with the late Justina, Dennis said;

"She was a qualified graduate nurse and got the job at the First Consultant Hospital in Lagos. She resumed duty at the hospital on the 21st of July, while Patrick Sawyer was admitted at the hospital on the 20th. He was her first patient. She was one of the nurses that nursed him. She was pregnant and so her immune system was weak, which made it easy for her to contract the disease. On that first day which was a Monday, she was having some pregnancy symptoms, but I just encouraged her to go because it was her first day at work. Sawyer was her first patient. The next day, Tuesday, she didn’t work on Sawyer. Wednesday and Thursday, she was off. Then on Friday, Patrick Sawyer died. They didn’t know he had Ebola, it was three days later that they realized it was Ebola" he said

On how he found out she had contracted the deadly virus, he said

"It was after Sawyer died that she told me she nursed him but that she was on gloves. She even thanked God that she didn’t have direct contact with him. The fever continued and we thought it was just pregnancy symptoms and even when she went to her hospital, they confirmed the same thing. She took drugs and ran tests, yet it persisted. At night, she was usually cold and feverish and her body temperature was usually very high. At a point, I began to suspect that she had contacted the virus. I did some research on the disease and realised that she was having similar symptoms. On the 14th of August, it became serious, she started stooling and vomiting. I had to clean up everything. All of a sudden, she started bleeding and she started crying that she had lost the pregnancy. I had to call her relatives and other people. The bleeding persisted and I had to clean up everything. Initially I was not wearing gloves because I felt I had already been exposed to the virus. But later I cautioned myself and started wearing nylon on my hands. But I couldn’t stay away from her. I kept consoling her. Even when I took her to the hospital, she wanted to hold me and I told her to also consider my safety. She managed to hold herself and was able to find her way out in a pool of her blood. We chartered a taxi to the hospital, but first, I took her to First Consultant Hospital because I felt they should know more. When we got there, I was directed to IGH, Yaba. I told the taxi driver to take us there. The driver wasn’t even aware of what was going on as he took us to Yaba. Justina was on the floor for 30 minutes before she was attended to. She was screaming that she was going to die. She was seriously bleeding, she had to come out of the taxi and lay on the floor. I ran around, trying to get doctors to attend to her. After everything, they took her in, took her blood samples and the following day, the result came out that it was Ebola. They washed the taxi with chlorine and also bathed the taxi driver and I with chlorine spray. At that point, the taxi driver knew what was going on, he couldn’t even take me home because he was so scared. I had to look for somewhere to pass the night in the hospital. Early the next morning, I left the Hospital. The taxi driver is alive today, nothing happened to him. We have been checking on him and the last time we spoke he told me, he was fine" he said.

On what happened after he was exposed to the virus, Dennis said;

"14 days after I was exposed to Ebola, my temperature rose from the usual 35.2 degrees centigrade to 37.2. The Lagos State government gave me a thermometer the day I dropped Justina off at the centre. It took them two straight weeks to visit my home and to disinfect it. Before they came, I had already done the much I could do. I used bleach and detergent to clean the whole house, furniture and clothes inclusive. We should be reminded and educated that a healthy person with Ebola virus cannot get anybody infected, except if the person is sick and totally down with the virus like what happened to Sawyer and to my late wife-to-be, Justina. I contacted the virus because Justina was very sick and I was taking care of her without any appropriate protection. When we knew what we were dealing with it was almost too late for me as I had already contacted the virus" he said.

On what was done for him after his visit to the Isolation centre, Dennis said

"The Lagos State government sent health professionals to check on me regularly to know how l was doing or if l had the signs of the virus manifesting. So they used to come around to check on me. At some point they created scenes with their visits. I was embarrassed and I was stigmatized. I complained severely to them that I didn’t like what they were doing. Then, one Saturday they visited again, I complained about the pains I was beginning to experience; excruciating pains around my waist. I started praying and asking people to pray for me. Before this time, I believed in the Holy Communion, so I usually take it daily and do feet washing. I was going to the hospital daily to see late Justina. Initially, I was seeing her through the window and she would say I should take her out of the hospital. She complained of lack of care. Perhaps, Justina would have survived the virus, if not for the state she was in. Her immune system was down because she was pregnant. Along the line, she had a miscarriage and lost the baby due to the Ebola virus disease. The doctors, who were supposed to do an evacuation on her couldn’t do it because they claimed that an evacuation was too risky as she was heavily infected and may pass on the virus to another person. Since nothing was done even after the bleeding had stopped, it led to more complications for her because the already dead foetus somehow got rotten in the womb and started a damaging process which led to further complication. Meanwhile, she was still stooling and vomiting and since nobody could dare to touch her, she was left on top of her excretions even when she couldn’t do much for herself due to her weak state. She was given her incisions and other drugs. I believe if some people survived Justina should have been one of them. At a point, I wished I was a doctor myself; I would have taken the risk of doing the evacuation because it really affected her".

On the last day he say his late fiancee, Dennis said

"The last day I saw her, I had to go inside the ward because she was so unkempt as nobody attended to her. At that time, the quarantined patients were in the former facility where there was no water and she had messed up herself again. I had to look for water to clean her up, change her pampers and arrange her bedding. Since I was aware of what I was dealing with, I got myself protected while cleaning up the place. I made sure she looked better than when I saw her. Justina was shivering the last day I saw her, one side of her stomach was already swollen, and her legs were also swollen. I prayed for her.At a point, she needed oxygen and the hospital couldn’t provide it. Her friends had to provide it. That was the last day I saw her. On Sunday Morning, I called her line like I usually did before visiting her, but she didn’t pick her calls. When I got to the hospital, I was told that she was dead".

Asked if late Justina was taking his calls while she was at the Isolation center, Dennis said;

"Yes, in fact she called me that last day and I knew she was going to give up, because she was saying some funny things. She said I should tell my people to go and meet her father so as to finalize our marriage plans, that she’s leaving that place.

Asked if he was not scared that he would die form the illness seeing that his Fiancees health was deteriorating, Dennis said;

"I personally don’t believe in taking medications. I had the mentality that I wasn’t sick. I told the government what I was experiencing. On the day they came to pick me up for treatment, all of a sudden, my temperature went back to normal. The shivering and pains were all gone. So they decided that they would be checking on me. But it got to a point people stopped selling things to me. It was as if the government got a report that I shouldn’t be around. So, they came and said I should go with them that they wanted to take my blood sample. I went with them and they took my blood sample, I was kept in a ward known as the ‘suspected ward. The result came out and it was positive. I was then taken to a confined ward. One of the doctors from UNICEF, a white lady told me that they were having issues with the results and that they would have to re-run the tests. They did the tests again and it was still positive. I told them that it wasn’t my result and that I was healthy. I was even doing my usual exercises (press-ups) every morning. I kept telling them that I wasn’t sick. They took my blood sample the third time. That night, they told me that I tested negative in the last result and that I don’t have any reason to remain there. That was how I was discharged" he said

Speaking on what was hapening to his job as he was under isolation, Dennis said;

"I was a marketer in an oil and gas company. I worked on commission basis, but at a point, I realized that people were not calling me and when I called they won’t pick my calls. Even the person that I report directly refused to pick my calls and also refused to associate with me. Justina and I just got our jobs, she got hers at First Consultant Hospital and I got mine as a marketer with the oil and gas company.

On whether the government or First Consultant Hospital owes late Justina's family some form of compensations, Dennis said;

"Although, no amount of money they give to the family will bring her back I think the government owes Justina’s family a lot because she died trying to save a situation. Justina died in active service as her death wasn’t natural".

On how his status changed from postive to negative, Dennis said

"I was reading a book on healing and taking of the Holy Communion. So I learnt to take Holy Communion morning, afternoon and night. I also engaged myself in feet-washing every day before going to bed. The Almighty God saved me; the Holy Spirit healed me. It wasn’t as though l didn’t fall sick as l had direct contact with Justina but the Almighty God healed me. When I was discharged, I got to my house on Saturday evening and spent two hours the next day, Sunday, thanking God on my own. I didn’t go to church or anywhere because of the already established stigma but today I can confidently attend church activities because I guess they all know I’m free now. I know my faith and belief healed me. God also worked for me apart from the fact that my immune system is also working. I believe I got healed also because friends prayed for me" he said.

culled from: http://lindaikeji..com/2014/08/how-i-survived-ebola-late-nurse-fiance.html#more[b][/b]

mabell:
On how his status changed from postive to negative, Dennis said

"I was reading a book on healing and taking of the Holy Communion. So I learnt to take Holy Communion morning, afternoon and night. I also engaged myself in feet-washing every day before going to bed. The Almighty God saved me; the Holy Spirit healed me. It wasn’t as though l didn’t fall sick as l had direct contact with Justina but the Almighty God healed me. When I was discharged, I got to my house on Saturday evening and spent two hours the next day, Sunday, thanking God on my own. I didn’t go to church or anywhere because of the already established stigma but today I can confidently attend church activities because I guess they all know I’m free now. I know my faith and belief healed me. God also worked for me apart from the fact that my immune system is also working. I believe I got healed also because friends prayed for me" he said.

culled from: http://lindaikeji..com/2014/08/how-i-survived-ebola-late-nurse-fiance.html#more[b][/b]

As for the bold, Praise be the God of all flesh... I am stirred on the inside.

As for the colored, the power of the Cup and bread... the man's faith too juch joor, yet some folks believe only a priest or pastor should administer the Holy Communion

Weldome mabell, the world gotta know the Church is the only cure for her problems.

Yes we know Jesus heals but this doesn't take away the fact that joagbaje was lying and that he is a fraudster.

Great thread ! I'm vindicated . I'll be back. . .

MSF know with the right treatment at the moment it is about 50% of the people will stay alife.

So why nigeria need the drugs when this so called great man of God and prayer can heal Ebola, so Nigeria need no drugs!

Gombs: ......As for the colored, the power of the Cup and bread... the man's faith too juch joor, yet some folks believe only a priest or pastor should administer the Holy Communion.......

But when it comes to tithes, only a priest or pastor MUST collect it ba? otherwise its not acceptable to God abi??

You try my friend

Joagbaje: Great thread ! I'm vindicated . I'll be back. . .

Egbon, you guys love the limelight too much. What has this healing got to do with you? What vindication do you seek? I thought it should strictly be about Christ?

Abeg leave yourself and name out of it. It has nothing to do with you and you should caution your spiritual daughter to stop seeing situations like this as a veritable opportunity to promote your name.

Thank God for the recovery of Dennis.

Candour:

Egbon, you guys love the limelight too much. What has this healing got to do with you? What vindication do you seek? I thought it should strictly be about Christ?

Abeg leave yourself and name out of it. It has nothing to do with you and you should caution your spiritual daughter to stop seeing situations like this as a veritable opportunity to promote your name.

Thank God for the recovery of Dennis.

Titus 1:15
Unto the pure all things are pure. . .

Purify your mind sir. I only shared a testimony how the dreaded e-bola was cured through prayer. Many began to doubt And I said from my discovery . Jesus is the cure . Now confirmations are coming from different Quaters .jesus name is cure. So why are you unjustly attacking me . Did I use my name to pray for the man? I only use the name of Jesus.

Joagbaje:

Titus 1:15
Unto the pure all things are pure. . .

Purify your mind sir. I only shared a testimony how the dreaded e-bola was cured through prayer. Many began to doubt And I said from my discovery . Jesus is the cure . Now confirmations are coming from different Quaters .jesus name is cure. So why are you unjustly attacking me . Did I use my name to pray for the man? I only use the name of Jesus.

@the bolded. Of course this is another attempt to validate yourself as a "miracle worker". Simple. However, its very laughable that you think this will make you become a more believable and trustworthy person on NL with respect to that your 'miracle expedition' to Tanzania. Are you the only person praying against Ebola? Pls all Christians are praying and we thank God for His mercies.

Learn to project less of yourself egbon. This thread won't help the image you so badly want to polish I can assure you.

Indication emerging from this Ebola crisis situation shows that some people with a certain immune build up are likely to survive Ebola than others. Even the character on the OP emphasized the fact that his fiancee's immunity was weak bc of pregnancy. Therefore the reason she died.

God can heal. And this guys faith in whatever spiritual exercise he was doing worked for him but further investigation is likely to reveal that he is one of the few people that can survive Ebola. I really agonized over the manner that lady died. She is a victim of a country's failed health system. I wouldn't advice anyone with Ebola to limit his treatment to holy Communion and anointing oil.

I would really wish that this gentleman's survival is not linked to Joagbaje's "story". Joagbaje and the Christ Embassy have enough to deal with at the moment. Let's not compound their woes any further.

JOAGBAJE AND MABEL!!

You people have started o!!That was how that Kenyan stopped using her drugs a few years back because she believed she had been healed of HIV by your false prophet. People were telling her to go for confirmation test she refused and you were encouraging her.

When she passed HIV on to her new baby girl, you both turned on her and said she must have been guilty of hidden sins! Please don't play with people's lives o....Ebola is more deadly than HIV.

WinsomeX: Indication emerging from this Ebola crisis situation shows that some people with a certain immune build up are likely to survive Ebola than others. Even the character on the OP emphasized the fact that his fiancee's immunity was weak bc of pregnancy. Therefore the reason she died.

God can heal. And this guys faith in whatever spiritual exercise he was doing worked for him but further investigation is likely to reveal that he is one of the few people that can survive Ebola. I really agonized over the manner that lady died. She is a victim of a country's failed health system. I wouldn't advice anyone with Ebola to limit his treatment to holy Communion and anointing oil.

I would really wish that this gentleman's survival is not linked to Joagbaje's "story". Joagbaje and the Christ Embassy have enough to deal with at the moment. Let's not compound their woes any further.

Unfortunately joagbaje is very shameless and he is not perturbed by the scandal currently plaguing his Oga else he won't have the audacity to come here to promote his previous lies.

I made an allegation years back that Jo and Mabell are either one and the same or Mabell is his PA or secretary. I still stand by it.

If they were both dogs, Mabell would have licked the color off his ass.

musKeeto: I made an allegation years back that Jo and Mabell are either one and the same or Mabell is his PA or secretary. I still stand by it.

If they were both dogs, Mabell would have licked the color off his ass.

I remember the allegation, they are not one and the same but the relationship btw them is more intimate than just being his personal secretary if you know what I mean.

Candour:

But when it comes to tithes, only a priest or pastor MUST collect it ba? otherwise its not acceptable to God abi??

You try my friend

Don't derail this thread joor, carry your tithe matter go elsewhere. I find your inability to glorify God in a thread dedicated to it very worrisome.

Candour:

@the bolded. Of course this is another attempt to validate yourself as a "miracle worker". Simple. However, its very laughable that you think this will make you become a more believable and trustworthy person on NL with respect to that your 'miracle expedition' to Tanzania. Are you the only person praying against Ebola? Pls all Christians are praying and we thank God for His mercies.

Learn to project less of yourself egbon. This thread won't help the image you so badly want to polish I can assure you.

I do work miracles as expected of a christian . I have at least 4 HIV cases healed . Blind cases . And a dead raised to life. I don't need any validation from anyone. It's only sad. That many folks here don't know christ nor his power. See how so called Christians are shaking at a common demonic desease. What does the name if Jesus mean to you? What does his death mean to you. Do you know him ? The gospel is not in words but it's in power.


1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,

1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

What kid of useless thread is this? The guy had a false positive result, what's miraculous about that?

You people insist promoting this superstitious nonsense even though its endangering everybody's lives. You'll keep on spreading this "Jesus magic can cure Ebola" lie until somebody with the virus comes to your church and turns the outbreak into a full-blown epidemic.

The real disease plaguing humanity is not Ebola, its stupíd religious people. You guys won't be happy until you've killed everybody.

Joagbaje:

Titus 1:15
Unto the pure all things are pure. . .

Purify your mind sir. I only shared a testimony how the dreaded e-bola was cured through prayer. Many began to doubt And I said from my discovery . Jesus is the cure . Now confirmations are coming from different Quaters .jesus name is cure. So why are you unjustly attacking me . Did I use my name to pray for the man? I only use the name of Jesus.

I tire o

musKeeto: I made an allegation years back that Jo and Mabell are either one and the same or Mabell is his PA or secretary. I still stand by it.

If they were both dogs, Mabell would have licked the color off his ass.

Like how Goshen said I and Jo are same, and he has proof! What's your proof sir?

U r smarter than this o, ekwe kwana ka ndi nzuzu ka gi mma!

EvilBrain1: What kid of useless thread is this? The guy had a false positive result, what's miraculous about that?

All four people had false positive result? What about the symptoms ? It's people like you that claim Lazarus was only in a coma . And that the Red Sea was only akle deep for isreal to cross it?

EvilBrain1: What kid of useless thread is this? The guy had a false positive result, what's miraculous about that?

You people insist promoting this superstitious nonsense even though its endangering everybody's lives. You'll keep on spreading this "Jesus magic can cure Ebola" lie until somebody with the virus comes to your church and turns the outbreak into a full-blown epidemic.

The real disease plaguing humanity is not Ebola, its stupíd religious people. You guys won't be happy until you've killed everybody.

Hello buddy! Been a while

Welcome to this thread! Now, why don't you believe there are forces bigger than us governing this world?

EvilBrain1: What kid of useless thread is this? The guy had a false positive result, what's miraculous about that?

You people insist promoting this superstitious nonsense even though its endangering everybody's lives. You'll keep on spreading this "Jesus magic can cure Ebola" lie until somebody with the virus comes to your church and turns the outbreak into a full-blown epidemic.

.

please help us tell them o....joagbaje please if you want to heal ebola go toLiberia or Sierra Leone. Or carry the headquarters of your church to a very thick forest and quarantine yourself and your victims there!

Praise God! The church is marching on!

musKeeto: I made an allegation years back that Jo and Mabell are either one and the same or Mabell is his PA or secretary. I still stand by it.

If they were both dogs, Mabell would have licked the color off his ass.

Any proofs?

If none, I'm disappointed! Grossly disappointed

Gombs:
U r smarter than this o, ekwe kwana ka ndi nzuzu ka gi mma!

AlfaSelltzer:
If none, I'm disappointed! Grossly disappointed

AlfaSelltzer:

Any proofs?

If none, I'm disappointed! Grossly disappointed

https://www.nairaland.com/416595/true-false-pastors-priests-general#5736370

a slip, maybe? Anyways, seeing the link was a conversation with kunleoshobs now pastorkun and his comment on this thread, they could be different persons.

Edit:
More of the allegations..
https://www.nairaland.com/728914/big-disgrace-religious-nigerians#8875407

For more 'proof, type "joagbaje and mabell" in the search box and go through the results. This guy na serial liar. No be today im shit start to smell..

It was publicly shared on nairaland front page that a Muslim girl mysteriously survived Ebola, she praised her God according to her faith for surviving her near death ordeal.

How can we possibly limit the treatment of Ebola to Jesus when Muslims, pagans and Christians alike survived the disease. The misinterpretation and misapplication of Mark 16 can make a witch doctor suddenly become a general overseer, it's that bad.

The man survived the disease, praise God. His experience should remain personal to him, taking holy communion or praying isn't a standard and shouldn't be adopted as a remedy for curing Ebola.

Our body was made by God to respond perfectly to medicine, we must find a way of charging our government to invest more on researches and solutions for the disease and other lethal health issues that leaves us susceptible to sham miracle workers.

shdemidemi: It was publicly shared on nairaland front page that a Muslim girl mysteriously survived Ebola, she praised her God according to her faith for surviving her near death ordeal.

How can we possibly limit the treatment of Ebola to Jesus when Muslims, pagans and Christians alike survived the disease. The misinterpretation and misapplication of Mark 16 can make a witch doctor suddenly become a general overseer, it's that bad.

The man survived the disease, praise God. His experience should remain personal to him, taking holy communion or praying isn't a standard and shouldn't be adopted as a remedy for curing Ebola.

Our body was made by God to respond perfectly to medicine, we must find a way of charging our government to invest more on researches and solutions for the disease and other lethal health issues that leaves us susceptible to sham miracle workers.

The point is that sickneses and des eases are from the devil and a cure can come when the devil is cast out. The church was founded on power . Why are so called Christians so ignorant of Gods power which they profess .

shdemidemi: It was publicly shared on nairaland front page that a Muslim girl mysteriously survived Ebola, she praised her God according to her faith for surviving her near death ordeal.

How can we possibly limit the treatment of Ebola to Jesus when Muslims, pagans and Christians alike survived the disease. The misinterpretation and misapplication of Mark 16 can make a witch doctor suddenly become a general overseer, it's that bad.

The man survived the disease, praise God. His experience should remain personal to him, taking holy communion or praying isn't a standard and shouldn't be adopted as a remedy for curing Ebola.

Our body was made by God to respond perfectly to medicine, we must find a way of charging our government to invest more on researches and solutions for the disease and other lethal health issues that leaves us susceptible to sham miracle workers.

I doubt your knowledge of the man Jesus

Joagbaje:

I do work miracles as expected of a christian . I have at least 4 HIV cases healed . Blind cases . And a dead raised to life. I don't need any validation from anyone. It's only sad. That many folks here don't know christ nor his power. See how so called Christians are shaking at a common demonic desease. What does the name if Jesus mean to you? What does his death mean to you. Do you know him ? The gospel is not in words but it's in power.


1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,

1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

Only 4HIV cases Paul healed an entire city.

If you're not seeking valivation, what is the aim of this thread? What will you do next? Create a human being?

The name Jesus means more than physical healing. I assumed you should know that by now but then....