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Abigail Afolabi, 25, returned to Nigeria after concluding her first degree at the Harbin Medical University, China. She returned home to celebrate her graduation as a medical doctor. Her family in Kaduna State was throwing a party to celebrate her successful feat, and she decided to spend two weeks in Nigeria.

While the celebration was on, she received an e-mail from her school informing her of a scholarship offer to proceed for her master’s degree.

She accepted the offer.

The school then advised her to return to China as soon as possible.

Although Abigail never fell ill nor had contact with any of the hundreds of persons screened for Ebola in Nigeria, she was made to suffer what she called ‘humiliation’ by Chinese authorities.

Although Abigail had been screened at the Nigerian airport for Ebola before her departure, on arrival at the Beijing airport in China, a list of passengers coming from countries affected by the Ebola outbreak was called.

More than 3000 persons have died from the virus in West Africa, mainly from Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra-Leone. Dozens of Nigerians were later infected with the virus when Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American, brought the virus to the country. Mr. Sawyer and six other Nigerians have died from the Ebola in Nigeria.

At the Beijing airport, Abigail’s ‘special’ group were told to alight from the aircraft before other passengers were taken for medical examination.

“When I arrived in China, the list of passengers coming from countries affected by Ebola was called by the medical officers in Beijing, China,” she said. “We were asked to come out of the plane before other passengers. We were taken to a room for examination. Body temperature was checked and few questions were asked, for example, do you have headache? Are you vomiting?”

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