Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has warned against postponing the 2027 general election over the Ebola outbreak, arguing that a single confirmed case does not constitute an epidemic.

Adebayo spoke on Sunday at a dinner organised by the SDP presidential campaign council in Abuja, insisting that Nigeria could protect public health without disrupting the electoral process.

His comments came after Jide Idris, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), disclosed that the agency was investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus disease in Rivers State.

The suspected case followed the confirmation of an earlier infection involving a 42-ye...