Nigeria, July 14 -- A senior police officer has commended the Akwa Ibom State Emergency Ambulance Service after it responded to a distress call and rescued a man who collapsed and began convulsing along Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo.

The officer, Odiko Macdon, a Chief Superintendent of Police and Divisional Police Officer of 'A' Division, Uyo, stated that many bystanders watched from a distance because they believed the unidentified man had epilepsy and feared the condition was contagious.

Mr Macdon, a former police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, recounted the incident in a Facebook post on Sunday.

He said he was driving home on Saturday night when he noticed the man lying near Kilimanjaro Restaurant on Ikot Ekpene Road.

"I saw the unknow...