Survivors of the 2016 Ebola out-break in Sierra Leone, are suing their government for alleged misappropriation of millions of dollars, meant to combat the disease. The case was filed at the regional ECOWAS (ECHO-WAHS) court. It claims almost a third of the funds sent to Sierra Leone to fight the Ebola outbreak, were stolen. CGTN's Kelechi Emekalam has more.  

The case would be heard here in Abuja where the ECOWAS court is based. Two Ebola survivors are claiming as much as 15 million dollars that was sent into Sierra Leon was swindled. Survivors of the out-break were promised financial packages while health workers who helped to treat Ebola patients were promised $5,000 dollars. They had their belongings including clothes burned to stop further spread of the disease. But an association of Ebola survivors have said that promise was never fulfilled. Sierra Leon recorded 14,000 cases in the two years of the out-break and lost 250 health workers. The president of Sierra Leonine Ebola survivors association Yusuf Kabbah says there is more than enough evidence to support the survivors' claims. Ebola out-break was declared over in 2015 but it had already claimed up to 11,000 lives across west Africa. KELECHI EMEKALAM, CGTN, ABUJA, NIGERIA.