There was
confusion on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos on Friday morning when
residents woke up to the sight of a woman hanging on a tree.
The woman, popularly called Kate in the area, was found dead in a black sweater and orange skirt under a pear tree.
It was gathered from the residents that the woman did not live on the street.
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Residents
who spoke to our correspondent also said that the woman was a Liberian
who worked in a sachet water factory before she died.
While
they said that the woman had been sickly for some time, the residents
said she did not appear to have any problem with anyone in the
community.
But
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.
One
of the residents who pleaded anonymity said, “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 who spoke to our correspondent after his request for anonymity
was granted 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.”
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