Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Love in the State of Emergency

I have not been online as I would love to since I arrived Bonny last Friday. The banks on Bonny Island have been shut since the kingdom has been under siege when the dreaded militants and gunmen attacked both their military and civilian targets on the Island. The combined forces of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Police are even using the Nigeria LNG Jetties and the helipad within the Nigeria LNG Residential Estate for their deployment to Bonny Island for the military mission against the militants and gunmen on rampage in the Niger Delta.

The PC I use for my online programs has been damaged and I have to buy a new one. But I am still composing new love poems and love songs.

The people on Bonny Island are living in fear of the next attack of the militants, and the safest place seems to be the Nigeria LNG RAs where the residents are still enjoying their Happy Hours at the West Bar where lovers meet for fun.
There is still time and space to love in the state of emergency.


2 comments:

AustynZOGS said...

See how our callous leaders have turned this once peaceful Bonny into a town under seige.The militants on their parts are making this campaingn so inglorious.Must they destroy means of livelihoods of innocent people all because they want to make a political statement?We need peace in the Niger Delta.We can only talk when peace is allowed to reign.

EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima said...

Austyn,
The militants have scores to settle with the Nigerian political class and partners in crime and they actually do not target the innocent as long as you keep away from the line of fire.

God will save Nigeria.