Ebola patient for Abuja condition don worse, FG and states dey alert.

October 22, 2026


Federal Government and state governments don increase effort to stop Ebola from spreading after one diplomat wey get the disease for Abuja condition don worse, as the virus don affect many organs for im body.

Dem never reveal the diplomat name or where im come from.

Olajumoke Babatunde, Director of Public Health Laboratory Service for Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), give this update during emergency meeting for Abuja on Wednesday.

NCDC confirm say na Bundibugyo strain of Ebola the diplomat get. Na the same type of Ebola wey dey cause outbreak for Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency talk say dem carry out three different tests to confirm the type of virus.

Ebola na serious disease wey fit spread through contact with blood and other body fluids of person wey get am, or things wey don touch the virus.


Meanwhile, Anambra State don check 40 people wey dem dey monitor because of possible connection with the case. As of October 20, 33 people don finish their monitoring and dem clear them, while seven people still dey under watch.

Niger State don put im health workers on alert and dey prepare one place wey dem fit keep people wey get the disease. Ogun State too dey trace 111 people wey fit get connection with the case.

Federal Government confirm the Ebola case for Abuja on Tuesday after one woman wey recently travel from Uganda enter one private hospital for Abuja and spend some days there before dem confirm say she get the virus.

NCDC don begin emergency work to monitor people wey fit don contact the infected person, check for new cases, control the spread of the disease and give Nigerians correct information.

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