Man dies at Lagos airport. Dead passenger not Ebola case —FAAN

There was pandemonium at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Monday, when a middle -aged man slumped and died, while queuing up to get the yellow card.

The incident happened when the new Minister of Aviation, Mr Osita Chidoka, was on tour of the Lagos Airport for the first time.

The minister and his entourage, including the journalists, who accompanied him, stumbled on the corpse.

While  details leading to the death are sketchy, officials of the port health services at the airport said the passenger died of exhaustion.

As of the time of filing this report, the corpse of the passenger was  still on a mat in  front of the port health office and covered with a pink cloth.

The tour had to be diverted to another area because of panic obviously as a result of the hype the outbreak of Ebola virus had created.

The aviation minister is expected to brief the media today, (Tuesday) of his plans for the sector.

Meanwhile, The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the death of the middle-aged man who, until his death, was a Nigerian  residing in Accra, Ghana.

The passenger,  Mr Akunne Osei, who arrived in Lagos for business transactions aboard an Arik Air flight on  August 8, died at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, on his way back to Accra on Monday.

According to a statement issued by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Yakubu Dati, "the passenger, Mr 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, Mr 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.

"This release is necessary to forestall the possible dissemination of unfounded and misleading media reports on the unfortunate incident.

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