A female aide of Dr. Iyke Enemuo, the Port Harcourt doctor, who died
of the Ebola virus in the Rivers State capital created apprehension at
the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State on Tuesday when
she took ill at the university.
PUNCH reported that the female student had contact with the late
doctor and was put under surveillance in Port Harcourt for 21 days
before she was certified okay, having tested negative to the virus.
On her return to OAU to resume her studies, however, she took ill and
was walked to the university's health centre where she was admitted.
Some students told PUNCH correspondent that the lady was bleeding and
showing other signs of the Ebola virus.
This was said to have caused a serious panic among the students of the
university.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Abiodun
Olanrewaju, told PUNCH correspondent that the university would make
its findings known to the public onTuesday night.
He said, "It is a suspicion we don't know yet. We will make our
position on it known tonight. We are still working, we are in the
office now."
The Public Relations Officer of the Obafemi Awolowo University
Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, Mr. Olu Bello, denied the rumour
that a victim of Ebola virus was admitted to the hospital on Monday.
Bello debunked the rumour in a telephone interview with PUNCH
correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday.
He said, "There is no case of Ebola at the OAUTHC; nothing like that.
I also heard something like that. Such rumour has been causing
unnecessary tension among the people but it is not true."
The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Temitope Ilori, said a
student of OAU, who was said to have had contact with the late Enemuo,
had been isolated at the Obafemi Awolowo University Health Centre.
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