Liberian Woman Commited Suicide in Lagos Because of Ebola Stigma

A woman was found hanging from the tree in the early hours of today in Magodo area of Lagos. The woman was identified as a Liberian woman simply called Kate. A resident of the area said people in the area started to distance themselves from her after the outbreak of Ebola in Lagos which was brought into the country by a Liberian. They also started avoiding her because of her ill health, a situation believed to have frustrated her enough to commit suicide.

A woman was found hanging from the tree in the early hours of September 12th on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos. The woman was later identified as a Liberian woman simply called Kate.

According to Punch, the woman was a worker in a sachet water factory before she killed herself. A resident of the area said people in the area started to distance themselves from her after the outbreak of Ebola in Lagos which was brought into the country by a Liberian. They also started avoiding her because of her ill health, a situation believed to have frustrated her enough to commit suicide.

"We see her in this neighbourhood every day. I used to see her every day in the dress she died in.She always looked sick but people stopped selling to her after the Ebola outbreak. It could be because she was Liberian and looked sickly. This might have frustrated her.”