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.”
It was however 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.
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. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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So because the woman is Liberian, she's ebola personified abi? Honestly, the number one problem we have in this country is ignorance AND low IQ.
ReplyDeleteThe people in that community stigmatised that woman & led her to suicide. She might have lost every member of her family back home and needed all the support she could get.
It's unfortunate.
You 've said it all gbemi, after all is not as if she just came back from Liberia, our number one problem is ignorance.
DeleteI sincerely think more sensitisation needs to be done about this Ebola thing,even in hospitals, people who manifest any of the symptoms of Ebola are abandoned to their fate. We seem to forget that all the symptoms of Ebola are also symptoms of other diseases. The fatality of this illness can never be controlled if something serious isn't done.
ReplyDeleteYes this is most likely d reason.
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