The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced the death of one of its staff, Jatto Abdulqudir, of the dreaded Ebola virus.
The death of the ECOWAS official has now brought to three the number of people who died of Ebola in Nigeria.
The first two were Mr. Sawyer, who brought the Ebola virus into Nigeria, and one of the nurses who treated him at the First Consultant Hospital in Lagos.
Read ECOWAS full statement on the passing of the late Mr. Abdulqudir below.