Nigeria’s index Ebola affected person – a Ugandan-born spouse of a Swiss diplomat – has been evacuated from Abuja aboard an air ambulance, ARISE News can verify.
The medical evacuation came about by means of the personal jet wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
The 42-year-old girl was flown overseas early Monday morning aboard a medical evacuation plane.
ARISE News crew deployed to the General Aviation Terminal obtained footage exhibiting a convoy of ambulances and diplomatic autos arriving on the airport from Abuja metropolis centre.
The three-vehicle convoy included a car belonging to a global company, which entered the airport’s personal jet part.
Airport officers cordoned off the personal wing as preparations for the medical evacuation proceeded.
ARISE News additionally obtained video footage exhibiting the medical evacuation plane and its crew concerned in transporting the passenger, whose suspected standing because the Ebola index affected person prompted heightened consideration to the operation.
A supply instructed ARISE News that the Federal Government would announce the medical evacuation solely after the plane had taken off and left Nigerian airspace.
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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