A Liberian woman living and working in Lagos, identified as Kate, decided to hang herself in the early hours of Friday after falling sick and thinking she suffered from the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.
There was pandemonium on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, when residents woke up to the sight of a woman hanging on a tree. She wore a black sweater and orange skirt.
Residents who spoke under condition of anonymity 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.
“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,” a resident said.
However, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said she was not aware of the incident and promised to check with the police division.
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