There was confusion on Bankole Street, Isheri-
Oke, Lagos on Friday morning when residents
woke up to the sight of a woman hanging on a
tree.
The woman, popularly called Kate in the area,
was found dead in a black sweater and orange
skirt under a pear tree.
Our correspondent, who also visited the scene,
gathered from the residents that the woman did
not live on the street.
Residents who spoke to our correspondent also
said that the woman was a Liberian who
worked in a sachet water factory before she
died.
While they said that the woman had been sickly
for some time, the residents said she did not
appear to have any problem with anyone in the
community.
But after the outbreak of the Ebola disease that
was brought to Nigeria by a Liberian diplomat,
Patrick Sawyer, some of the people in the area
opted not to have anything to do with her.
One of the residents who pleaded anonymity
said, “We see her in this neighbourhood every
day. She always looked sick but people
stopped selling to her after the Ebola outbreak.
It could be because she was Liberian and
looked sickly. This might have frustrated her.”
Another resident who spoke to our
correspondent after his request for anonymity
was granted said, “She attended a church in
the area and her church members still saw her
yesterday. I used to see her every day in the
dress she died in. She was sick and people in
this area had avoided her, especially after the
Ebola outbreak.”
The PUNCH gathered from some landlords, who
are members of the Isheri Oke Community
Development Association, that the incident had
been reported to the Isheri Police Division.
Efforts to reach the Baale (head) of the area,
Chief Albert Bankole, for comments proved
abortive as he declined to speak to The PUNCH
on the issue.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
Ngozi Braide, could not be reached for
comments.
Meanwhile, when our correspondent left the
area around 11am, the woman’s body was still
hanging on the pear tree.


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Its a pity..
Even pple wiv 3310 sef dey snap..