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A Liberian woman identified as Kate was on Friday, September 12, 2014 found dead hanging from a pear tree in Lagos.
Her lifeless body was found dangling from the tree in her neigbourhood at Bankole Street, in the Isheri-Oke area of Lagos, Punch reports.
Kate, who was popular in the area worked at a satchet water factory.
The cause of her committing suicide is not known, residents say she didn’t have problems with anyone in the area.
Kate’s dilemma however started when people in her neighbourhood learnt that it was a Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the deadly Ebola Virus to the country.
They started to stay away from her and this had a negative effect on her.
One resident told the press, “We see her in this neighbourhood every day. 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.”
Another resident said, “She attended a church in the area and her church members still saw her yesterday. I used to see her every day in the dress she died in. She was sick and people in this area had avoided her, especially after the Ebola outbreak.”
Landlords, who are members of the Isheri Oke Community Development Association, told Punch that the incident had been reported to the Isheri Police Division.
