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He died Friday in an undisclosed hospital at the Obalende area of Lagos, while his blood sample had been taken abroad for test.
The incident is the first recorded case of Ebola in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole.
The Liberian worked for a West African organisation in Monrovia and arrived Lagos on a flight from Monrovia via Lome on Sunday 20th July 2014 at 4pm.
With the death, officials of the State Ministry of Health immediately convened an emergency meeting, which a source said has to do with the best approach to curb a spread as well as sensitisation exercise.
The State Special Adviser the Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, had in a press conference on Thursday confirmed the incident of Ebola but maintained that Sawyer's blood sample was undergoing a test.
She had called on residents of the State to remain calm, conscious and take appropriate measures to prevent an outbreak of the disease in the state as recorded in other countries.
She said medical history had "revealed that the victim had no contact with any case of EVD , did not visit any person with EVD in the hospital and neither did he partake in the burial of any person who died of EVD.
"However, on account of his working and living in an endemic region for EVD like Liberia; and the presentation of non-specific constitutional symptoms and signs of fever, malaise, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, etc associated with EVD, a high index of suspicion was raised."
She explained that Ebola virus disease is caused by a virus and that "the virus can be spread through, close contact with the blood, body fluids, organ and tissues of infected animals; direct contact with blood, organ or body secretions of an infected person.
"The transmission of the virus by other animals like monkey and chimpanzee cannot be ruled out.
"Early symptoms of disease include fever, headache, chills, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, sore throat, backache, and joint pains.
"Later symptoms include bleeding from the eyes, ears and nose, bleeding from the mouth and rectum, eye swelling, swelling of the genitals and rashes all over the body that often contain blood. It could progress to coma, shock and death.
She warned that fluids from infected persons are extremely dangerous and advised health workers to be at alert, wear personal protective equipment; observe universal basic precautions when attending to suspected or confirmed cases; and report to their local government areas or the Ministry of Health immediately or even call the following numbers: 08023169485; 08033086660; 08033065303; 08055281442; 08055329229.
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