Ebola: Cocaine Bags Burst Inside Drugs Smuggler, Officials Leave Him to Die

An unmanned Nigerian man was left to die by officials fearing he had Ebola virus  disease, after collapsing with shivers in Madrid airport, Spain from an accidental drugs overdose.

The Nigerian man collapsed in the customs area of Madrid airport and spent an hour trembling on the floor because officials were too afraid to touch him.

The man, who had landed on a flight from Istanbul on October 18, died 90 minutes later from a massive drugs overdose, Spain's El Mundo newspaper said.

It added: "A civil guard officer initially positioned the man on his side and identified him from personal documents.

"When it was clear he was a Nigerian, no one dared touch him.

"Medical staff decided immediately that there was a risk that this could be a case of Ebola.

"But it later later transpired that the man was suffering the effects of a cocaine overdose after several bags of the drug burst in his stomach."

A passenger accompanying the Nigerian later told police that he had flown from Madrid to Istanbul on October 14 and had not been to Nigeria for four years.