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

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 who 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.”