[3] However, Sawyer utilized an upcoming conference in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria to petition the Liberian Finance Ministry to attend as an "ambassador".
The officer drove Sawyer in an ECOWAS pool car to First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos, where he later died on 24 July.
[7] In response, the Nigerian government observed all of Sawyer's contacts for signs of infection and increased surveillance at all entry points to the country.
"[9] It was later reported that at that time he flew, Sawyer was already under surveillance for Ebola infection, but had been cleared by the Finance Ministry of the Liberian government to leave for the ECOWAS conference in Calabar.
Adadevoh was posthumously praised for preventing Sawyer from leaving the hospital at the time of diagnosis, thereby playing a key role in curbing the spread of the virus in Nigeria.
Especially when direct requests came from the Liberian authorities to release him from quarantine in hospital despite him clearly being ill.[19] Sawyer's case and the successful containment of the outbreak by Adadevoh and other medical staff form the basis of the 2016 Nigerian drama thriller film 93 Days.