President of Liberia, Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson has said that the Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, was on surveillance, but he sneaked out of Liberia and came to Lagos, where he died 24 hours later.

The Liberian President expressed concern over the unfortunate incident and apologized to Nigeria on behalf of her countryman who brought the virus to the country.According to the Minister of State on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nurudeem Mohammed, Sirleaf- Johnson told the Federal Government that Sawyer was on surveillance when he sneaked out of Liberia through Asky Airline.
Mohammed told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that Sirleaf- Johnson had apologised to Nigeria over Sawyer’s visit to Nigeria.

The Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria, Prof. AL- Hassan Conteh who participated in the briefing of the International Community on Ebola, pleaded with the FG to stop the embarrassment and stigma Sawyer’s action had caused Liberians living in Nigeria. Conteh said since the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria, media and Port workers have discriminated and harassed Liberians, and he called on the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, to help save the situation.He said, “The fact that the person who brought the disease was from Liberia does not mean all Liberians were positive of Ebola Virus Disease.“The Liberian President had put measures in place by declaring 90 days emergency in the country beginning from August 6 to strategize on how to stop the spread of the disease to other countries.”

Meanwhile, Chuwku has asked the International Community to take up the Ebola challenge as a global issue rather than a regional matter, adding that Ebola has high mortality rate over other diseases and therefore, cannot be neglected by other countries in the world.Chukwu who announced the deteriorating state of other health workers who had contracted Ebola, urged the international community to assist Nigeria in combating the menace.

According to the minister, the World Health Organisation, stated that since July 24, 2014, about 1700 are living with EVD and more than 900 had died.

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nija get problems bt

LIberia own worse

after 3 months since Ebola enter Liberia
na now August 6 Sirleaf Johnson the implement
emergency measures

now nija don dey suffer for their stup*d*ty

And APC e-rats will be busy saying Federal Govt of Nigeria did nothing about the issue when the guy was on a mission to destroy Nigerians.

it is obvious that he knew he was infected but he just decided to come and spread the disease in lagos...

Can we just know where his luggage is.

He didn't have any?

If this is true then this man is very WICKED. Now even the nurses that cared for him have been infected and some have lost their lives, what kind of human being does this?? It's evil and now 170 million pple are at risk cause of 1 man's selfishness. God help us fight this.

This story is bullshit.

Like seriously? So why was he on a calabar conference mission?

Abeg talk another thing jooo

Dear Nairalanders please sign the petition. It is by a doctor and his name is Ahmed Tejan-Sie MD and he wants us to get the FDA (USA) to fast-track testing of a possible treatment for Ebola. This petition on change.org requires another 12,000 supporters.

I am pleading to all Nairalanders to support this noble cause, don't joke with this problem called Ebola. We remember the massive amounts of deaths that SARS caused in south east asian countries, please let us support this cause, it takes only 1 minute... just 1 minute to sign and please invite your friends to sign the petition. We would all live long to play with our grandchildren and great-grandchildren amen!

Please go there and chip in with your support. Let's do something - anything - to stem the tide that looks set to consume us all...

Sign here RIGHT NOW - DON'T POSTPONE THIS:

http://www.change.org/petitions/food-and-drug-adminstration-fast-track-drug-and-vaccine-research-for-ebola-hemorrhagic-fever

PS: PLEASE ALSO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO SIGN THE PETITION.

Una try. So FDA Na miracle workers? Chei naija people Sha. See how una dey embarrass black man? Which one be sign petition again for them to find cure fast? If e easy why our own students and profs no find one? If you need their help, why not ask the Fed govt to go and beg them to come to our rescue?
Ok. while at it, make Una write them petition to bring back our girls and capture Boko Haram too.

They cannot really fastrack too much as we expect. If after 1year now the victims who received the fast racked therapy start to die of cancer world people will still blame FDA for knowingly killing Africans with fake cure. They have to be diplomatic since this epidemic is a global issue. We just have to try to use prevention strategy and all hands on deck to nip it at the bud as soon as symptom is noticed. And pray/hope it stops soon. So that the mankind will have ample time to study the disease, it's diff variants and the best cure to tackle it. If a med can kill all or if each type needs a particular therapy. Plus the effect of the meds in the human body days, weeks, months or years after administering it to a patient. So that we will be ready to fight it in future. Who knows maybe vaccines may be created to to help prevent it in future. it's sad Sha what damage this Ebola is causing mankind.