Ọ̀rọ̀:Àrùn kòkòrò àìlèfojúrí afàìsàn Ebola

Nigeria==

In July 2014 American/Liberian citizen Patrick Oliver Sawyer was attributed with taking the Ebola virus to Nigeria. Some press reports indicate he was a "Liberian Finance Minister" headed to an important ECOWAS conference. Instead, it appears he worked part time in the finance department of ECOWAS and was heading to Nigeria to seek superior medical attention. Sawyer's primary job was with a mining concern. In early July, he arrived with bloodied clothing and his pregnant sister, at St. Joseph Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Sawyer's sister's name was Miss Princess Christina Nyennetue, and she died from the virus. While at the hospital, Sawyer failed to heed staff directions. Six physicians and nurses that Sawyer came in contact with died. Sawyer also left that hospital knowing his sister had Ebola. The next day he reported for work at the offices of ArcelorMittal. He was directed to go home and remain in confinement for 21 days.

Sawyer booked an E-ticket and claimed to be going to an important conference. He did not book via the local offices of ECOWAS nor inform the ambassador from ECOWAS, who was already set to go. He also did not inform the Ambassador of his sister's death. The Liberian official that approved Sawyer's departure is quoted as saying the request by ECOWAS to allow Sawyer to leave Liberia was unprecedented.

Sawyer managed to make contact with at least 59 people. Of these, he successfully infected 44, and 17 of them later died.

At First Consultants Hospital in Nigeria, Sawyer denied being near an Ebola case and told officials to test for malaria and HIV. Physicians tested him and found he was suffering from Ebola. He became unruly.

Hospital Physician Ameyo Adadevoh has been credited for denial of requests that Sawyer be released after they knew it was Ebola, so he could attend the conference. Ameyo Adadevoh was one that Sawyer infected that died.

Sawyer died on July 25, 2014. He was cremated at the hospital. His mother, Georgia Nah, demanded to see his ashes.

Sawyer's wife was in Minnesota.

On the afternoon of August 19, 2014 Physician Ameyo Adadevoh died from the Ebola virus disease and left behind her little sister who contracted the same disease from her.

In August and September 2014 the press in Nigeria was openly asking questions. Liberian Deputy Finance Minister, Mr. Sebastian Omar, was accused of knowing Sawyer had Ebola and his sister had died from it, yet still authorized travel to attend the conference.

The conference, Sawyer so desparately needed to go, was 750 km away in Calabar. He was too ill to get there.

The first case in Nigeria was reported by the WHO on 25 July: Patrick Sawyer, flew from Liberia to Nigeria after exposure to the virus, and died at Lagos soon after arrival. In response, the hospital where he was being treated was shut down and quarantined, and the health officials who were treating him were isolated in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus. However, a doctor and nurse who treated Sawyer both died from Ebola.