There clearly was anxiety at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday as port health and aviation security officials engaged in arguments on whether an alleged inbound passenger suspected to be contaminated with the deadly Ebola Virus must certanly be allowed to the country.
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The passenger's status was said to have been discovered on arrival by officials of the Port Health Service attached with the terminal.
The suspected victim, based on a source near the Port Health Service, arrived the nation aboard certainly one of Nigerian domestic airlines from the West African coast.
The origin claimed a hot argument ensued involving the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) personnel at the airport and medical officials over an endeavor to permit the infected passenger come right into the nation while another party insisted he must certanly be sent back once again to his point of departure.
The origin, however, revealed that because the discovery of the condition in Nigeria about fourteen days ago, port health officials at the airport had deployed equipment intended for screening of passengers arriving the nation especially from the West Africa sub region.
“I don’t know specifically where the plane came from, but the patient was discovered during screening of inbound passengers by the port health officials at the airport. As at now, we don’t know what to do with him. Some of the officials want him return to base while others are insisting that as a Nigerian, he has the right to arrive into the country.
“The aircraft probably came from Accra, Ghana. I just want our officials to be careful with the way they interact with some of the passengers,” the source added.
When contacted, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, dismissed the report, saying there was nothing like that.
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