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

A social media user has narrated his experience with some youth at the Federal Capital Territory who killed a rat and ate it despite the warnings of the government about the menace of Lassa Fever spread by a rat species.

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: