It was learnt that the Chinese lady in question was
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According to a report by Daily Trust, a mild drama
played out Friday afternoon at the Alagbon Close,
Ikoyi, office of the Nigerian Immigration Service,
when a Chinese lady fell down in one of the offices
and started vomiting.
It was learnt that the Chinese lady was among the
numerous passport seekers.
Daily Trust gathered that those who were present at
the open office when the incident occurred included
policemen and military personnel.
Our reporter learnt that the Nigerian passport seekers
took to their heels on sighting the woman vomitting.
One of the personnel of the Immigration Service, who
do not wish to be named as he was not authorised
to speak with the press, said the hall became empty
few minutes after the news of the incident occurred
as the passport seekers took to their heels.
“The lady came to the operations department for
some visa issues. She was on mask when she came
on Thursday but she could not finish with what she
came to do. She came back today (Friday), but this
time around, she did not mask her face.
“As she was being attended to, she started feeling
dizzy, fell down and started coughing and vomiting.
“My brother, everybody took to his or her heels.
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“The worst of it all was that her relations wanted to
take her away but our officers prevented them. We
were able to kit ourselves and took her to a room.
But those who were not courageous enough closed
work while so many people who came for one
transaction or the other abandoned whatever they
came to do.”
A visitor to the office, John Madu, said: “I only came
to make enquiry when I saw people running helter
skelter and I joined in the rat race. I was later told
that a Chinese woman fell down and started
vomiting. My fear is that they said she was also there
the previous day. If she test positive to the virus, how
will the government locate those that she would have
had contacts with.
“We are lucky because people were not as many as
they used to be in the office because of the travels
ban to certain routes. Before now, people used to be
in their hundreds but there were not up to 100 people
at the scene.
“The government should do something about the
Chinese nationals that are almost everywhere in
Lagos”
Health personnel not available
The Immigration personnel expressed regrets that
health officials did not respond promptly to
emergency calls.
“The worst thing is that we have been calling health
emergency numbers and they have been promising
that they were coming. We are yet to see them but
we are keeping vigil until they will come.
“We won’t let her go though, she has been trying to
convince us that nothing is wrong with her, but she
must be certified free from the virus. We are not
saying that she has it but with the symptoms we were
told, she is already having some so we won’t let her
go till medical experts clear her.”
As at late Friday, the emergency health workers have
not arrive at the Immigration office while heavily
armed Immigration officers were guiding her.
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