The Nation, July 30, 2014

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News Chibok: Row over N100m gift P6 Sports Weightlifter tests positive to drugs P24 Business NSE sets rules for firms’ boards P25

Boko Haram blows up bridge in Yobe NEWS

•Eight killed in attack

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VOL. 9, NO. 2923 WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014

TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH

OSUN 2014

He was so proud when he became a U.S. citizen. He voted for first time in the last U.S. presidential election. He lived in the U.S. for many years, and wanted that for Liberia — a better democracy. People weren’t really taking it (Ebola) seriously until it hit Patrick. People are ready to take action

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•Omisore’s loyalist leads others to APC AND MORE •Students condemn killing at Ilesa •ON PAGE 7 •Beware of rice, kerosine, would-be voters warned

•The late Sawyer and his wife Decontee

My man, by wife of Ebola victim who died in Lagos

Hospital explains how it handled Sawyer’s case Airline kicks against ban

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ORE facts emerged yesterday on the identity of the Ebola virus victim whose death in Lagos set off a chain of reactions. Patrick Sawyer had one stop to make before heading home to Minnesota, United States, to celebrate his daughters’ birthdays: a conference in Calabar, Cross River State. But when he landed in Lagos, Sawyer, 40, collapsed

getting off the plane. He had been infected with Ebola in Liberia, where he worked as a top government official in the Liberian Ministry of Finance. Sawyer was isolated at a Lagos hospital on July 20. He died five days later. Sawyer’s wife Decontee Sawyer, lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, with the couple’s three young daughters, fiveyear-old Eva, four-year-old Mia, and Bella, who is one. The Sawyers are naturalised citi-

zens; their daughters were born in the United States. “He was so proud when he became a U.S. citizen,” Decontee told CNN. “He voted for first time in the last U.S. presidential election. He lived in the U.S. for many years, and wanted that for Liberia — a better democracy.” Sawyer is the first American to die in what health officials are calling the “deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.” His death has sparked concerns

that the virus could potentially spread to the United States. “People weren’t really taking it [Ebola] seriously until it hit Patrick,” Decontee said. “People are ready to take action.” His wife, 34, is said to be devastated at the thought of how close Sawyer came to returning home to the U.S. for his daughters’ birthdays carrying the dreaded virus. “It’s a global problem because Patrick could’ve easily

come home with Ebola,” Decontee said to KSTP. “Easy. Easy. It’s close, it’s at our front door. It knocked down my front door.” The Sawyer family is working with their church community to start “Concerned Liberians against Ebola,” Decontee said. Their goal is to raise $500,000 to help two international organisations: Samaritan’s Purse and Global Health Ministry. Continued on page 4

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WHERE ARE THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15?

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Pressure on APC chieftain to take governorship ticket

STORY ON PAGE 4

•LIFE P15 •SPORTS P23 •MONEY P26 •INVESTORS P28 •POLITICS P45 •FOREIGN P58


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