[READ & SHARE] Ebola: Patrick Sawyer was evil, a terrorist – Nigerians Via @iKanzee_RR

Nigeria was a merry-go country and free of the
deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) until late
Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer,
ignominiously appeared on the scene on July
20 fully aware that he had the disease having
had contacts with his sister, who died of EVB
on July 8.
He had been suspended from work by his
Company, Arcelor Mittal and was supposed to
be under isolation, observation and
monitoring. With the connivance of Liberia’s
Deputy Finance Minister For Fiscal Affairs,
Sebastian Muah, who cleared him to travel to
Nigeria for an ECOWAS convention in Calabar,
Mr. Sawyer, who avoided bodily contacts with
people at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia
found his way to Lagos.
He boarded an
Asky Airline plane
and became
severely ill on the
plane and was
taken to First
Consultant
Hospital,
Obalende, from
the Murtala
Mohammed
Airport in Lagos.
Since Sawyer’s infamous arrival, Nigeria has
lost four people to the Ebola disease: the
ECOWAS official, who drove him to the
hospital, two nurses who assisted him at the
hospital and the doctor, who physically
restrained him from leaving his bed after he
tried to remove the drip administered on
him.Saturday Vanguard asked our teeming
readers their views of Mr. Sawyer and captures
their interesting views below.
Sawyer is wicked
The man was a very wicked person. He knew
that he had the virus and he deliberately
decided to bring it to Nigeria. – Joseph
Sunday, Interior Decorator.
He needed help
I see Patrick Sawyer as someone who only
needed help. He knew he had the disease, but
felt he could get a cure in Nigeria without
knowing how deadly and serious it was. –
Jefferson Aisegame, Banker
His actions
expose our porosity as a nation
The man became famous and will be
remembered for a negative cause. His name
has become synonymous and associated with
the Ebola Virus – a time bomb whose
explosion shows our porosity as a nation. I
don’t think his actions were deliberate.
Christopher Urokonweze, Biochemist
He was a thief
I think he’s a thief, because he knew he had
the virus, yet he deliberately brought it here.
He decided to distribute the disease to people.
That kind of person is capable of terrible acts.
Thank God, he was exposed at the airport. If
he had succeeded and mixed up with people in
the country without their knowledge, it would
have been disastrous. – Chief Gabriel Obi,
Trader
He was a terrorist, devil
That man was a terrorist. He was a devil
incarnate. He knew he had it and that he was
going to die, but he wanted to die with
innocent people. If they hadn’t caught him
here in Nigeria, he probably would have
migrated to another country. The man was
just out to kill. He is worse than Boko
Haram.- Elias Nwoke, Businessman
Sawyer should’nt have left Liberia
I think since he knew his condition and
knowing that there was no case of the disease
in Nigeria, he shouldn’t have embarked on
that journey to this country. But maybe what
ever the issue brought him here must have
been very crucial. – Dr. Adeyinka Adeleye.
He was very wicked
The man knew what he was doing. He knew
the disease is deadly and dangerous, still he
travelled to Nigeria with it. That man was a
very wicked man. We just pray to God to help
us. – Victoria Eretan, Nurse
It was sheer wickedness
What he did was sheer wickedness. If he
wanted a cure, he should have remained in his
country and looked for a cure there instead of
coming to spread it here. Now, we are all
suffering as a result. I pray the government
gets a cure to the disease soonest. – Mrs.
Okoro Kate, Trader.
He would have got help in Liberia
What that man did was bad. He wasn’t
supposed to come into Nigeria with that
disease. He should have remained where he
was and I believe people would have been able
to help him there. – Mrs. Amaka Aniagolu.
EVB has affected our businesses
Since he knew he had the virus, he wasn’t
supposed to travel. He should have remained
where he was.
People are no longer free and this disease has
caused bad sales for us. – Olaide Sheriff, Meat
Seller
Sawyer was heartless
That man was heartless and wicked. He
decided to bring his problem to this country to
cause us more problems. What he did was
very bad and he did it intentionally. – Akeem
Adeyemo, Meat Seller.
He didn’t want to die alone
The man just acted like a typical African who
wouldn’t want to fall alone, so he decided to
spread the virus. He wanted people to die with
him . – Mr. Fortune Wilson, Businessman.
Episode exposed lapses in our security system
He knew quite well that he had the virus, yet
he came into the country with it. This shows
the lapses in our security system and how
porous our borders are. He didn’t want to die
alone and his actions have resulted into an
epidemic. – Chief P.C Agu, Businessman.