Ebola: Why my husband travelled to Nigeria – Patrick Sawyer’s wife

The widow of late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought Ebola into Nigeria, has defended her husband’s decision to travel to Nigeria, saying he did so in desperate search for a country with better healthcare system than his own country.

In an article published earlier yesterday, TMZ Liberia Magazine quoted Decontee Sawyer, who is a radio host in New York, as explaining that Mr. Sawyer had no trust in the healthcare system in Liberia and had possibly headed to Nigeria with the hope of receiving better treatment for his ailment.

Ebola: Patrick Sawyer's Wife Explained Why Hubby Travelled to Nigeria

According to an online publication, Premium Times, Mrs. Sawyer shared her thoughts on her Facebook profile from which TMZ Liberia sourced it for publication.

“I’ve read other reports in other papers (not the New York Times) about Patrick’s “recklessness.” I get where they’re coming from, and they certainly have the right to feel the way they do. However, as Patrick’s widow, I would like to shed some light on this from another perspective. One that only I, his wife, would know,” she wrote.

“I knew Patrick better than anybody else (including himself). He had told me many times in the past how much he didn’t trust the Liberian healthcare system. He would tell me about how a person would get checked in for one thing, and get misdiagnosed and get the wrong treatment as a result. On top of that, Patrick was a clean freak, and told me how filthy a lot of the hospitals were.

“He didn’t tell me this, but I know in my heart of hearts that Patrick was determined to get to Nigeria by all means because he felt that Nigeria would be a place of refuge. He has expressed to me many times in the past that he felt passionately about helping to be a part of strengthening Liberia’s healthcare system, but he knew it wasn’t there yet, and he wouldn’t want to take a chance with his life because a lot of people depended on him… Patrick had a passion for life, and he wouldn’t have wanted his to end. So, I bet anything that he was thinking, if I could only get to Nigeria, a way more developed country than Liberia, I would be able to get some help. How ironic.”

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    emumejakpoqueen@gmail.com Reply August 14, 2014 at 16:44

    This Mrs sawyer is a witch
    you and your late husband in hell are of he devil
    why didn’t he carry it to were u and your children are? you sent him to come and kill people in Nigeria

    you will not live long o
    mark it

  3. Unknown's avatar

    As far as I am concerned this does not explain anything at all. If what this woman saying is true, why did her husband not disclose on arrival in Nigeria what was wrong with him. By so doing if he was to receive help, the necessary precautionary measure would have been taken instead of being the cause of the death of those who out of mercy offered to help him. For not disclosing his health situation as already known to him, I suppose he had different intentions than is being spoken here.

  4. Unknown's avatar

    U knw l feel like beating this woman,what rubbish is she even talking about? U sad down there and be talking nonsense and expect us to believe u? When did nigeria become America ,did u even hear urself out?in fact both u and ur late so called husband are evil.Dont worry hell fire await of u, and as for ur wicked husband he’s already roasting in hell fire.NONSENSE

  5. Unknown's avatar

    That’s rubbish, America is there but Nigeria now get better treatment nonsense.

  6. Unknown's avatar

    Story for the gods shey he is half America why didn’t go there. Bullshit

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    patpro99@yahoo.co.uk Reply August 14, 2014 at 07:58

    I believe he was sent to bring this to thing nigerian we should not truth the us

  8. Unknown's avatar
    kevinreal10@yahoo.com Reply August 14, 2014 at 06:17

    That is story, why did he go to American

  9. Unknown's avatar

    Meen this na just big fuck up!

  10. Unknown's avatar

    Ah! see what Ebola has done to this beautiful woman, take heart dear

  11. Unknown's avatar

    nonsense! why didn’t he go to India?

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