Residents of Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos, were today morning shocked to discover the woman hanging on a tree.
After visiting the site, Punch correspondent exclusively reported about what locals knew about the victim identified as Kate.
It was revealed that Kate had neither enemies nor problems in the community.
However following the transmission of the deadly Ebola virus to Nigeria by the Liberian Patrick Sawyer, some locals decided to stop any business with the woman.
One of the residents 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.”
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“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 case was allegedly reported to the police, however all the attempts to contact local police authorities and those of a higher level proved unsuccessful.
Meanwhile it was learnt that around 11am the dead body of the woman was still hanging on the tree.
It would be recalled that Liberia is among the countries mostly affected by Ebola epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently expressed concern over the fact that Liberia was running out of place in the medical centres and out of health workers.
“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 case was allegedly reported to the police, however all the attempts to contact local police authorities and those of a higher level proved unsuccessful.
Meanwhile it was learnt that around 11am the dead body of the woman was still hanging on the tree.
It would be recalled that Liberia is among the countries mostly affected by Ebola epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently expressed concern over the fact that Liberia was running out of place in the medical centres and out of health workers.