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