Aviation Authorities, Wednesday night, turned back a corpse flown into
the country from Egypt at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport.
Airport officials disallowed the family of the deceased from
collecting the body flown in aboardEgypt Airat about 11.30 pm.
Airport sources confided in Vanguard newsmen that the stand by
Nigerian officials was in compliance with the Federal Government
directives that banned the transportation of corpses within and
outside the country - a move to check the spread of Ebola Virus
Disease.
The source explained that "though Egypt is not among the countries
with the Ebola outbreak, it is better to take precautionary measures
by not entertaining any exception in the movement of corpses in the
country."
The source revealed that the corpse is that of a Nigerian who had
gone to the Pharaoh's country for medical treatment."
"We plead with the family members who had turned up at the Airport to
received his corpse to bear with us in the face of a big national
question that requires the understanding of citizens to surmount", the
source explained.
When contacted, Avaition Skokesman, Alhaji Yakubu Datti, decline to
comment on the issue but asked Vanguard to seek confirmation from the
Federal Ministry of Health.
Datti Said; " the airport is run by a combination of official drawn
from strategic ministries and since your enquiry bothers on health, I
would advise you cross check your facts from Federal Ministry of
Health".
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