Unidentified Nigerian drug trafficker was left to die by
officials fearing he had Ebola virus disease, after collapsing with shivers in
Madrid airport, Spain from an accidental drugs overdose. The Nigerian man collapsed
in the customs area of Madrid airport and spent an hour trembling on the floor
because officials were too afraid to touch him.
The man, who had landed on a flight from Istanbul on October
18, died 90 minutes later from a massive drugs overdose, Spain's El Mundo
newspaper said.
It added: "A civil guard officer initially positioned
the man on his side and identified him from personal documents. When it was
clear he was a Nigerian, no one dared touch him. Medical staff decided
immediately that there was a risk that this could be a case of Ebola. But it
later later transpired that the man was suffering the effects of a cocaine
overdose after several bags of the drug burst in his stomach."
A passenger accompanying the Nigerian later told police that
he had flown from Madrid to Istanbul on October 14 and had not been to Nigeria
for four years.
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