Men in Abuja Kill and Eat Rat Despite Lassa Fever Alert (See Photos)

The rat and the killer

 

Read the words of the netizen as he expresses shock about the Lassa Fever nationwide awareness campaign:

"Few minutes ago, while drinking water before I left a garden somewhere in Garki, Abuja‎ where I just had lunch. I saw 3 young men holding a huge live rat they just caught in the garden. Out of curiosity, I asked them if they were aware of Lassa fever and to my greatest surprise they knew nothing of such. From a distance, I watched them slaughter the rat, smoke it and proceeded into the kitchen where the food I ate came from.

This is a clear evidence that the publicity and enlightenment campaign given to the disease is below sufficient. I'm starting to believe what a caller on radio said some days back; that unlike Ebola, the poor are more vulnerable to Lassa fever hence the government won't give it adequate attention.‎

Meanwhile, I just had lunch in this garden, and starting to get worried if I may have contacted the disease, and I'm picking up my daughter from school in another 2 hours. Please guys can one get tested for Lassa fever like you get tested for HIV?"

See more photos of the rat and its captors below: