Ebola: Cameroon shuts borders,Suspends all flights from Nigeria

Due to fear of Ebola spreading into the country,Cameroon has shut it's borders to Nigeria.This left many stranded yesterday, especially at the major sea port in Calabar .It is the major route used by businessmen into the country

Speaking yesterday on Hausa Service of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),the spokesman of Cameroon Foreign Affairs, Chiroumma Boukkari said

“This decision on border closure and suspension of all flights to and from Nigeria was to protect the lives of Cameroonian citizens living within and outside from contracting ebola, as Nigeria, our main trading partner in Africa had been facing since July 20, 2014 when Patrick Sawyer sneaked into the country aboard a flight with the deadly virus.”

“The border closures with our main trading partner will be lifted, as soon as Nigeria contains the spread of the deadly viral disease.

We also urge all border security agencies of the two countries to be vigilant by complying with this border closures made yesterday (Saturday) by the foreign office here in Ngaudore,”