There was confusion at the Arrival Hall of the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport on Monday, as a passenger
slumped and died.

Sources at the airport told our correspondent that the
passenger slumped in front of the Port Health Services office,
while waiting to collect his vaccination card, usually known as
Yellow Card.
Some staff and passengers fled the scene following the man’s
collapse, as they feared he was infected with the deadly Ebola
Virus Disease.

His body was covered with an orange-coloured cloth and left
unattended to by the office. However, the area was barricaded
to forestall people coming there, as people were redirected to
pass other routes.

Our correspondent gathered that the dead man was supposed
to fly to Ghana for medical check-up when he suddenly
collapsed at the airport and died.
It was also gathered that the passenger, who was of middle
age, may be of Ibo origin. A lady that was seen accompanying
him before his sudden death was seen making calls to their
relatives in Igbo language, telling them what happened.

The sad incident, which happened at the arrival floor, set fear
in the spine of passengers and other airport officials that
witnessed what happened.
The female relative of the dead man, who was crying, was
quoted as saying, “Ceekay, please get up; Ceekay, please get
up”.

Meanwhile, a statement later released by the General
Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Yakubu Dati, gave the late
passenger’s name as Mr. Akunne Osei.

It noted that the deceased was tested for the Ebola virus and
the result later came in negative.
The statement said, “FAAN wishes to inform the public that a
Nigerian passenger, residing in Accra, who arrived Lagos for
business transactions aboard an Arik Air flight on Friday
August 8, 2014, has died at the Murtala Mohammad Airport,
Ikeja, on his way back to Accra.

“The passenger, Osei, took ill on Saturday August 9 and
started stooling. When the situation got worse, he called his
doctor in Accra, who instructed him to return to Ghana
immediately for further treatment.

“During boarding formalities for his return trip to Accra at the
international terminal of MMA, Osei, who had obviously
become weak at this time, was subjected to Ebola Virus test
by port health officials, the result of which was negative. No
further attention was paid to him after his Ebola Virus result
read negative but the passenger later slumped and died
around the port health office.”


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lol. this cracked me up. true talk tho.