A Liberian woman has been found found hanging and dead in a black sweater and orange skirt under a pear tree on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos on Friday, according to a report in Punch.
The woman, named Kate in the area, reportedly worked in a sachet water factory before she died, and it was gathered from the residents that the woman did not live on the street, and was from Liberia.
Residents said the woman had been sickly for some time, though she did not appear to have any problem with anyone in the community.
However, after the outbreak of the Ebola disease that was brought to Nigeria by a Liberian diplomat, Patrick Sawyer, some of the people in the area opted not to have anything to do with her.
A resident who pleaded anonymity told Punch, “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.”
Another resident said, “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.”
