To confirm suspicions surrounding the mission of the Liberian health official who died in Lagos Nigeria late last month, a CCTV video in Liberia clearly showed the man in pain few hours before his departure at the airport.
Images from a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) monitored at the James Spriggs Payne’s Airport have shown how the late Patrick Sawyer was terribly ill before boarding the Nigeria bond flight.
The late Sawyer from the recording, it appears he knew, he had been infected by the deadly tropical disease. His behavior, among other passengers waiting at the boarding gate was strange.
His face bore a sad countenance like
someone who was troubled, as he sat alone avoiding body contacts with everyone who came close by him.
someone who was troubled, as he sat alone avoiding body contacts with everyone who came close by him.
His strange behavior and frequent
movement up and down as he eagerly awaits his ASky flight had prompted the security camera operator to focus on him.
movement up and down as he eagerly awaits his ASky flight had prompted the security camera operator to focus on him.
In the video, Patrick could be seen avoiding physical contacts with airport employees and other passengers during the check in process.
After checking in, Patrick briefings left the terminal, but he would soon be shown sitting in an isolated area by himself at the boarding gate or waiting room. The video footage also shows the late Patrick lying flat on his stomach on the floor in the corridor of the airport a sign of someone in excruciating pain.
Meanwhile, the Liberian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Nurudeem Mohammed, told journalists in Abuja that President Ellen Sirleaf- Johnson, was deeply sorry that Sawyer brought the virus to Nigeria.
He said that the deceased was under surveillance in Liberia but that he sneaked into Lagos.
Mohammed said, “The Liberian President President has personally called to apologise on the unfortunate development. "She specifically said her country had declared a state of emergency over the Ebola epidermic in Liberia. ‘She equally apologised that Sawyer ignored medical advice and escaped out of Liberia.”
However, hopes that the United States may send Zmapp, the experimental drug for Ebola virus treatment, appear dashed going by US President Barack Obama’s declaration that it was too early for West African countries hit by the outbreak to have it.
